young's modulus

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   a coefficient of elasticity applicable to the stretching of a wire

   Broadercoefficient of elasticity

Questions about young's modulus

What does young's modulus mean?

young's modulus means "a coefficient of elasticity applicable to the stretching of a wire".

Is young's modulus a common word?

young's modulus 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.