| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Elasticity of bulk | Mining | A. The property possessed by all substances by which they tend to recover their original volume after being compressed or extended b. The elasticity for changes in the volume of a body caused by changes in the pressure acting on it. The bulk modulus is the ratio of the change in pressure to the fractional change in volume. See also: elasticity. (references) | |
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