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kelvin-voigt material

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables
kelv-in-voigt -ma-te-ri-al
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The simplest kind of viscoelastic material, with typical rubbery properties, being purely elastic on long timescales but with additional resistance to fast deformation.

Etymology

The model was developed independently by the British physicist Lord Kelvin in 1865 and by the German physicist Woldemar Voigt in 1890.

Inflected Forms

Kelvin-Voigt materials (plural)

Synonyms

Voigt material

Questions

What does kelvin-voigt material mean?
The simplest kind of viscoelastic material, with typical rubbery properties, being purely elastic on long timescales but with additional resistance to fast deformation.
Where does kelvin-voigt material come from?
The model was developed independently by the British physicist Lord Kelvin in 1865 and by the German physicist Woldemar Voigt in 1890.

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