Young's modulus

American  

noun

Physics.

1. a coefficient of elasticity of a substance, expressing the ratio between a stress that acts to change the length of a body and the fractional change in length caused by this force.

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Young's modulus British  

noun

1.  E.  a modulus of elasticity, applicable to the stretching of a wire etc, equal to the ratio of the applied load per unit area of cross section to the increase in length per unit length

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Young's modulus Scientific  

/ yŭngz /

1. See under modulus of elasticity

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Etymology

Origin of Young's modulus

1860–65; named after Thomas Young, who derived it

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Example Sentences

Its shear modulus is not only greater than its Young's modulus, but it is as large as that of steel.

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For example, k is directly related to Young’s modulus when we stretch a string.

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Although bone is rigid compared with fat or muscle, several of the substances listed in Table 5.3 have larger values of Young's modulus Y .

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Note that the compression value for Young's modulus for bone must be used here.

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The Young’s modulus and the rigidity of a fluid are always zero.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various