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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 bodyplay

    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)

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