Meanings
nounresidual stress (countable and uncountable, plural residual stresses)
plural residual stresses
- countableuncountablenatural sciencesA stress that remains in a solid material after the original cause of the stress has been removed.
Synonyms: internal stress
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA stress that remains in a solid material after the original cause of the stress has been removed.
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Chinese Mandarin 殘留應力 /残留应力, 剩餘應力 /剩余应力
- 殘留應力 /残留应力 (cánliú yìnglì)stress that remains in a solid material after the original cause of the stress has been removed
- 剩餘應力 /剩余应力 (shèngyú yìnglì)stress that remains in a solid material after the original cause of the stress has been removed
Finnish jäännösjännitys
- jäännösjännitysstress that remains in a solid material after the original cause of the stress has been removed
Indonesian tegangan sisa
- tegangan sisastress that remains in a solid material after the original cause of the stress has been removed
Malay tegasan sisa
- tegasan sisastress that remains in a solid material after the original cause of the stress has been removed
Russian оста́точные напряже́ния
- оста́точные напряже́ния (ostátočnyje naprjažénija)stress that remains in a solid material after the original cause of the stress has been removed
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