YOUNG'S MODULUS


Meaning of YOUNG'S MODULUS in English

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.

[ 1860-65; named after Thomas YOUNG, who derived it ]

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