elastic coefficient
1Coefficient of restitution — A bouncing basketball captured with a stroboscopic flash at 25 images per second. Ignoring air resistance, the square root of the ratio of the height of one bounce to that of the preceding bounce gives the coefficient of restitution for the… …
2Elastic collision — [ black body radiation (not shown) doesn’t escape a system, atoms in thermal agitation undergo essentially elastic collisions. On average, two atoms rebound from each other with the same kinetic energy as before a collision. Here, room… …
3Coefficient of elasticity — Elasticity E las*tic i*ty ([=e] l[a^]s*t[i^]s [i^]*t[y^]), n. [Cf. F. [ e]lasticit[ e].] 1. The quality of being elastic; the inherent property in bodies by which they recover their former figure or dimensions, after the removal of external… …
4coefficient of resistance — Elasticity E las*tic i*ty ([=e] l[a^]s*t[i^]s [i^]*t[y^]), n. [Cf. F. [ e]lasticit[ e].] 1. The quality of being elastic; the inherent property in bodies by which they recover their former figure or dimensions, after the removal of external… …
5coefficient of elasticity — noun (physics) the ratio of the applied stress to the change in shape of an elastic body • Syn: ↑modulus of elasticity, ↑elastic modulus • Topics: ↑physics, ↑natural philosophy • Hypernyms: ↑ …
6elastic modulus — noun (physics) the ratio of the applied stress to the change in shape of an elastic body • Syn: ↑coefficient of elasticity, ↑modulus of elasticity • Topics: ↑physics, ↑natural philosophy • Hypernyms: ↑ …
7coefficient of restitution — the ratio of the relative velocity of two elastic bodies after rebounding to velocity before impact * * * Physics. the ratio of the relative velocity after impact to the relative velocity before the impact of two colliding bodies, equal to 1 for… …
8coefficient of restitution — Physics. the ratio of the relative velocity after impact to the relative velocity before the impact of two colliding bodies, equal to 1 for an elastic collision and 0 for an inelastic collision. [1875 80] * * * …
9elastic modulus — modulus of elasticity a coefficient indicating the ratio between deforming stress to a unit of area of a substance and the extent of resulting deformation …
10Temperature coefficient — The temperature coefficient is the relative change of a physical property when the temperature is changed by 1 K. In the following formula, let R be the physical property to be measured and T be the temperature at which the property is… …
