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pseudoelasticity

noun

Etymology

From pseudo- + elasticity.

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

Definitions

  1. An elastic (impermanent) response to relatively high stress caused by a phase…

    An elastic (impermanent) response to relatively high stress caused by a phase transformation between the austenitic and martensitic phases of a crystal, exhibited in shape memory alloys.

The neighborhood

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