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Record 1 2000-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Physics
DEF

Unit for measuring the reaction of optical materials to stress, defined in terms of the slowing down of light passing the material when it is stretched or compressed.

OBS

The unit of the photoelastic constant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Physique
OBS

L'unité de constante photoélastique.

Spanish

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