INTERNAL STRESS


Meaning of INTERNAL STRESS in English

(in metal or glass pieces, or the like) a stress existing within the material as a result of thermal changes, having been worked, or irregularity of molecular structure. Cf. micro-stress, residual stress .

[ 1905-10 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .