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Young's modulus
  پیمون ِ یانگ  
peymun-e Young
Fr.: module de Young  

A measure of elasticity of a material, defined as the ratio of tensile → stress to tensile → strain, which equals the ratio of compressive stress to compressive strain.

See also: Named after Thomas Young, → Young’s experiment.