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photoelasticity

photoelasticity noun: a technique for studying and measuring the stresses and strains in an object by means of mechanical birefringence.

Noun

photoelasticity (countable and uncountable, plural photoelasticities)

  1. a technique for studying and measuring the stresses and strains in an object by means of mechanical birefringence

photoelasticity meaning in Tamil

photoelasticity in Tamil

ஒளி மீட்சியியல்

Forms of photoelasticity

pluralphotoelasticities

Origin of photoelasticity

From photo- + elasticity.

Questions about photoelasticity

What does photoelasticity mean?
Photoelasticity means a technique for studying and measuring the stresses and strains in an object by means of mechanical birefringence.
What is photoelasticity in Tamil?
Photoelasticity in Tamil is ஒளி மீட்சியியல். See Photoelasticity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is photoelasticity?
Photoelasticity is a noun.
What is the plural of photoelasticity?
The plural of photoelasticity is photoelasticities.

Words near photoelasticity in the dictionary

  1. photoeffects
  2. photoefficiencies
  3. photoefficiency
  4. photoelastic
  5. photoelasticities
  6. photoelasticity
  7. photoelastography
  8. photoelectret
  9. photoelectrets
  10. photoelectric
  11. photoelectric cell

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Adapted from Wiktionary: photoelasticity (page history and authors); photoelasticity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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