English Explanatory Dictionary

Izod test

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A standard test for determining the impact resistance of materials, using a pivoting arm that is released from a specific height to strike a sample.

Word forms

Izod test Izod tests

Etymology

Named after the English engineer Edwin Gilbert Izod (1876–1946), who described it in his 1903 address to the British Association, subsequently published in Engineering.

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