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photoelasticity

noun

Etymology

From photo- + elasticity.

  1. derived from ἐλαστός
  2. derived from elasticus
  3. borrowed from élastique
  4. formed as elasticity — “elastic + -ity”
  5. prefixed as photoelasticity — “photo + elasticity”

Definitions

  1. a technique for studying and measuring the stresses and strains in an object by means of…

    a technique for studying and measuring the stresses and strains in an object by means of mechanical birefringence

The neighborhood

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