■ 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 .
■ 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 .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004