modulus of rigidity

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   the coefficient of elasticity for a shearing force

   Broadercoefficient of elasticity

Questions about modulus of rigidity

What does modulus of rigidity mean?

modulus of rigidity means "the coefficient of elasticity for a shearing force".

Is modulus of rigidity a common word?

modulus of rigidity is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.