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bulk modulus

DEFINITIONS OF: bulk modulus

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n the ratio of the change in pressure acting on a volume to the fractional change in volume

Type of:
coefficient of elasticity, elastic modulus, modulus of elasticity
(physics) the ratio of the applied stress to the change in shape of an elastic body
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