COEFFICIENT OF ELASTICITY

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Meaning:

(physics) the ratio of the applied stress to the change in shape of an elastic body

Synonyms:

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)