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Definition of Elastic energy
1. Noun. Potential energy that is stored when a body is deformed (as in a coiled spring).
Definition of Elastic energy
1. Noun. (physics) The potential energy stored in a system when it is distorted or deformed; the classic example is that of a coiled spring ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Elastic Energy
Literary usage of Elastic energy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Strength of Materials by James Ellsworth Boyd (1917)
"This elastic energy is called the resilience of the material. ... The total
elastic energy in a body, all parts of which are subjected to a unit stress s, ..."
2. Applied Mechanics: An Elementary General Introduction to the Theory of by James Henry Cotterill (1895)
"elastic energy of a Solid. — If a cube of side unity be under the action of normal
stresses pv p3, pv on its faces the elastic energy will evidently be ev ..."
3. Applied Mechanics: An Elementary General Introduction to the Theory of by James Henry Cotterill (1906)
"elastic energy of a Solid. — If a cube of side unity be under the action of normal
stresses pv p2, ps on its faces the elastic energy will evidently be ev ..."
4. Matter, Energy, Force, and Work: A Plain Presentation of Fundamental by Silas Whitcomb Holman (1898)
"It involves the transference of the elastic energy of the gas into elastic energy
in the body against which it presses, and the transference of this elastic ..."
5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1893)
"When the system comes to rest an equilibrium is maintained between the gravitational
energy, tending to pull the ball downward, and the elastic energy of ..."
6. Technology Review by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Association of Class Secretaries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association (1899)
"A spring buffer apparatus is described by which the kinetic energy of a body may
be stored indefinitely as elastic energy, and afterwards imparted to other ..."
7. Modern Engineering Practice: A Reference Library by American School (Chicago, Ill.) (1906)
"When the original position has been reached, this elastic energy has been re-
transformed into energy of inertia which carries the string past the original ..."
8. Cyclopedia of Applied Electricity: Practical Guide for Electricians by American School of Correspondence, American School (Chicago, Ill.) (1905)
"When the original position has been reached, this elastic energy has been re-
transformed into energy of inertia which carries the string past the original ..."
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