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COEFFICIENT OF ELASTICITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(physics) the ratio of the applied stress to the change in shape of an elastic body
Synonyms:
coefficient of elasticity; elastic modulus; modulus of elasticity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("coefficient of elasticity" is a kind of...):
modulus ((physics) a coefficient that expresses how much of a specified property is possessed by a specified substance)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coefficient of elasticity"):
bulk modulus (the ratio of the change in pressure acting on a volume to the fractional change in volume)
modulus of rigidity (the coefficient of elasticity for a shearing force)
Young's modulus (a coefficient of elasticity applicable to the stretching of a wire)
