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bulk' mod"ulus



Physics.
a coefficient of elasticity of a substance, expressing the ratio between a pressure that acts to change the volume of the substance and the fractional change in volume produced.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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