It causes the elongation of any material along the axis of the load applied to the material.

the proportion of volumetric stress related to the volumetric strain for any material

a force that causes something to rotate (= turn in a circle)

stiff or fixed; not able to be bent or moved

The property that characterizes the rotatory inertia of an object in motion about the axis which may or may not pass through that specified object

the relationship between the mass of a substance and its size

the natural force existing in a liquid that holds its surface together

a state of a system in which all parts are at the same temperature

the heat in calories required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree Celsius

to subject or allow to be subjected to an action, influence, or condition

to think or accept that something is true but without having proof of it

occurring without loss or gain of heat

a measure of the unavailable energy in a closed thermodynamic system that is also usually considered to be a measure of the system's disorder