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mod'ulus of elastic'ity

Physics.
any of several coefficients of elasticity of a body, expressing the ratio between a stress or force per unit area that acts to deform the body and the corresponding fractional deformation caused by the stress. Also called coefficient of elasticity, elastic modulus.

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

modulus

modus operandi

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