Definition:Compression/Stress

Definition

Compressive stress is a measure of the internal forces on a body in reaction to a force of compression.

Also see

• Definition:Stress

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Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): compression
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): compression