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engineering stress

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.46 in modern English

Syllables
en-gi-neer-ing stress
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In a tensile test, the ratio of the applied force to the initial cross-sectional area of the tensile specimen (ignoring the gradual decrease in area resulting from Poisson's ratio).

Inflected Forms

engineering stresses (plural) nominal stress (alternative)

Phrases

true stress

Frequently Paired Words

stress true stress

Questions

What does engineering stress mean?
In a tensile test, the ratio of the applied force to the initial cross-sectional area of the tensile specimen (ignoring the gradual decrease in area resulting from Poisson's ratio).

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