English Explanatory Dictionary

yield point

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The point at which, as the strain (deformation amount) is increased, a material begins deforming plastically (irreversibly) rather than elastically.

Word forms

yield point yield points

Related words

yield strength yield strain
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