microstretch

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noun

microscopic stretch (of a microelement of a solid)

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Meanings

nounmicrostretch (plural microstretches)

plural microstretches

  1. natural sciencesmicroscopic stretch (of a microelement of a solid)

    We investigate linear theories of incompatible micromorphic elasticity, incompatible microstretch elasticity, incompatible micropolar elasticity and the incompatible dilatation theory of elasticity (elasticity with voids).

    3853-3870 (2007), Markus Lazar, Gerard A. Maugin, “On microcontinuum field theories: the Eshelby stress tensor and incompatibility conditions”, in Philosophical Magazine, volumes 3853-3870, pages 3853–3870
verbmicrostretch (third-person singular simple present microstretches, present participle microstretching, simple past and past participle microstretched)

present singular third person microstretches · participle present microstretching · participle past microstretched · past microstretched

  1. transitivenatural sciencesTo stretch microscopically.

Origin

From micro- + stretch.

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APA

microstretch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microstretch

MLA

“microstretch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microstretch. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microstretch,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microstretch.

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