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BULK MODULUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bulk modulus mean?
• BULK MODULUS (noun)
The noun BULK MODULUS has 1 sense:
1. the ratio of the change in pressure acting on a volume to the fractional change in volume
Familiarity information: BULK MODULUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ratio of the change in pressure acting on a volume to the fractional change in volume
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("bulk modulus" is a kind 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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