COEFFICIENT OF ELASTICITY

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does coefficient of elasticity mean? 

• COEFFICIENT OF ELASTICITY (noun)
  The noun COEFFICIENT OF ELASTICITY has 1 sense:

1. (physics) the ratio of the applied stress to the change in shape of an elastic body

  Familiarity information: COEFFICIENT OF ELASTICITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COEFFICIENT OF ELASTICITY (noun)

Meaning:

(physics) the ratio of the applied stress to the change in shape of an elastic body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

coefficient of elasticity; elastic modulus; modulus of elasticity

Hypernyms ("coefficient of elasticity" is a kind of...):

modulus ((physics) a coefficient that expresses how much of a specified property is possessed by a specified substance)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physical science; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coefficient of elasticity"):

bulk modulus (the ratio of the change in pressure acting on a volume to the fractional change in volume)

modulus of rigidity (the coefficient of elasticity for a shearing force)

Young's modulus (a coefficient of elasticity applicable to the stretching of a wire)