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Ashby plot

Ashby plot noun: a scatter plot which arranges several materials by two material properties.

ashby plot: a scatter plot which arranges several materials by two material properties
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Noun

Ashby plot (plural Ashby plots)

  1. A scatter plot which arranges several materials by two material properties.
    • Similar approximately uniform spread of materials across logarithmic property scales is found to apply also to derived material properties. This can be seen by viewing the spread of materials along the inclined lines in the Ashby plots, which represent a wide variety of derived parameters.2002, Geoffrey Boothroyd, Peter Dewhurst, Winston Knight, Product Design for Manufacture and Assembly, second edition, Boca Raton, F.L.: CRC Press, →ISBN, page 60

Forms of Ashby plot

pluralAshby plots

Origin of Ashby plot

Named after British materials engineer Michael F. Ashby.

Questions about Ashby plot

What does Ashby plot mean?
Ashby plot means a scatter plot which arranges several materials by two material properties.
What part of speech is Ashby plot?
Ashby plot is a noun.
What is the plural of Ashby plot?
The plural of Ashby plot is Ashby plots.

Words near Ashby plot in the dictionary

  1. Ashburys
  2. Ashby
  3. Ashby Heights
  4. Ashby Island
  5. Ashby Magna
  6. Ashby plot
  7. Ashby plots
  8. Ashby St Ledgers
  9. Ashby Woulds
  10. Ashby's Law
  11. Ashby-de-la-Zouch

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