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Young's modulus
noun
, Physics.
- a coefficient of elasticity of a substance, expressing the ratio between a stress that acts to change the length of a body and the fractional change in length caused by this force.
Young's modulus
noun
- a modulus of elasticity, applicable to the stretching of a wire etc, equal to the ratio of the applied load per unit area of cross section to the increase in length per unit length E
Young's modulus
/ yŭngz /
- See under modulus of elasticity
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Young's modulus1
1860–65; named after Thomas Young, who derived it
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Origin of Young's modulus1
C19: named after Thomas Young
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