word
Young's modulus
YUNGZ MOJ-oo-lus
jʌŋz ˈmɒdʒʊləsListen
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Young'smodulus
Dictionary meaning
measure of a material's stiffness; defined as the ratio of tensile stress to tensile strain in the linear elastic region of a stress-strain curve; also called the elastic modulus; named after Thomas Young; steel has a Young's modulus of about 200 GPa
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