Search results for "Elasticity" - New World Encyclopedia
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- An elastomer is a polymer with the property of elasticity. In other words, it is a polymer that deforms under stress and returns to its original ...7 KB (1,017 words) - 07:38, 10 August 2023
- * Solid mechanics, involving study of elasticity and the properties of (semi-)rigid bodies * Acoustics, dealing with sound (or density variation ...11 KB (1,457 words) - 03:51, 9 November 2022
- ; he also elucidated Hooke's law of elasticity, investigated possible ... In 1660, Hooke elucidated Hooke's Law of elasticity, which describes ...11 KB (1,559 words) - 17:09, 15 March 2024
- it obeys Hooke's law of elasticity. This law was named after British physicist Robert Hooke, who discovered the principle in 1676. ...12 KB (1,789 words) - 16:14, 8 February 2023
- units also are responsible for the elasticity of spider silk. The unique ... The glycine-rich regions give spider silk its elasticity, as each ...10 KB (1,540 words) - 08:03, 24 January 2023
- form. He also introduced the idea of elasticity of substitution, which ... book he also introduced his famous "elasticity of substitution" which ...15 KB (2,155 words) - 07:42, 3 August 2022
- to its porosity (useful for piano keys) and its elasticity (useful for billiard balls.) Elephant tusks are formed with a thin, partial cap of ...12 KB (1,807 words) - 03:52, 13 March 2024
- ;Elasticity of demand for labor An important factor in this analysis is the elasticity in the demand ...32 KB (5,006 words) - 11:09, 16 August 2023
- and support, while giving bones some elasticity. There are at least 27 ... it is responsible for skin strength and elasticity, and its degradation leads ...18 KB (2,575 words) - 22:32, 7 January 2024
- their marginal utility. The "price elasticity of demand" was presented ... involving supply and demand, the price-elasticity of demand, and even the ...14 KB (2,073 words) - 18:02, 20 July 2023
- with the simple dispersion formula. In elasticity, he originated the theory of stress, and his results are nearly as valuable as those of Simeon ...14 KB (2,090 words) - 19:07, 21 August 2023
- Pushkin's divine, Mozartian lightness and elasticity. Among other things, Baratynsky was one of the first Russian poets who were, in verse, masters ...7 KB (1,089 words) - 18:40, 31 May 2022
- * vol. 7: "Theory of Elasticity." L. D. Landau, E. M. Lifshitz * vol. 8: "Electrodynamics of Continuous Media." L. D. Landau ...7 KB (1,038 words) - 22:05, 25 October 2022
- Cork's elasticity combined with its near-impermeability makes it suitable as a material for bottle stoppers, especially for wine bottles ...16 KB (2,451 words) - 20:36, 23 May 2020
- Seismology (from the Greek seismos ( grc|σεισμός ), meaning "earthquake," and -logia ( grc|-λογία ), meaning "study ...9 KB (1,301 words) - 17:46, 25 January 2023
- of the highest melting points. Its modulus of elasticity (a measure of its elasticity) is approximately one-third more than that of steel. It is nonmagnetic ...16 KB (2,296 words) - 17:26, 29 September 2023
- brittle, it does have a significant degree of elasticity, contributed chiefly by collagen. Collagen is the main protein of connective tissue in animals ...19 KB (2,819 words) - 07:21, 17 November 2023
- of strength, extensibility, and elasticity. Located within the reticular ... Skin sagging is caused by the fall in elasticity. Skin also receives less ...18 KB (2,750 words) - 22:09, 12 October 2022
- are added to improve resilience and elasticity, and to prevent it from ... ===Why does rubber have elasticity?=== In most elastic materials, such ...28 KB (4,420 words) - 20:57, 21 December 2022
- of elasmobranchs: Inferences from elasticity, perturbation and phylogenetic analyses] J. Northw. Atl. Fish. Sci. 35: 27-45. Retrieved January 3, 2008. ...10 KB (1,328 words) - 19:06, 16 April 2023
