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== Description ==

The ratio of the stress applied to a material verses its strain while it is maintained within its elastic limit. The modulus of elasticity is provides a comparison of the softness or stiffness of materials.

== Synonyms and Related Terms ==

Elastizitätmodul (Deut.); module d'élasticité (Fr.); module d'Young (Fr.); módulo de Young (Port.); coefficient of elasticity; elastic modulus; Young's modulus; Hooke's modulus

==Resources and Citations==

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* Theodore J. Reinhart, 'Glossary of Terms', ''Engineered Plastics'', ASM International, 1988

* Richard S. Lewis, ''Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary'', Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993

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* Random House, ''Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language'', Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

* Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000



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