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Specialty Definition: ELECTROSTRICTION

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AerospaceThe phenomenon wherein some dielectric materials experience an elastic strain when subjected to an electric field, this strain being independent of polarity of the field. (references)
WikipedicElectrostriction is a property of all electrical non-conductors, or dielectrics, that produces a relatively slight change of shape, or mechanical deformation, under the application of an electric field. Reversal of the electric field does not reverse the direction of the deformation. (references)

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