Young's modulus


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Young's modulus/jʌŋz/
noun Physics a measure of elasticity, equal to the ratio of the stress acting on a substance to the strain produced.
– origin C19: named after the English physicist Thomas Young.
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