ELECTROSTRICTION


Meaning of ELECTROSTRICTION in English

— electrostrictive , adj.

/i lek'treuh strik"sheuhn/ , n. Physics.

elastic deformation produced by an electric field, independent of the polarity of the field.

[ ELECTRO- + STRICTION ]

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