elastic energy
Definition
- Noun:
- Potential energy stored in a deformed object: Elastic energy is the potential mechanical energy stored within an object when it is stretched, compressed, bent, or otherwise deformed from its original, relaxed shape. This stored energy is recoverable, meaning the object can do work as it returns to its original form.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- The elastic energy stored in the drawn bowstring propelled the arrow forward.
- When you compress a spring, you are increasing its elastic energy.
- Engineers calculate the elastic energy in materials to ensure structures can withstand stress.
Advanced Usage
- "Elastic energy storage": Refers to systems or devices designed to store energy in this form for later use.
- The new clock mechanism uses elastic energy storage in a torsion spring.
Variants and Related Words
- Elastic potential energy: A more precise scientific synonym for elastic energy.
- Strain energy: A term used in engineering and physics, often interchangeable with elastic energy, specifically referring to the energy per unit volume stored in a material due to deformation.
Synonyms
- Stored mechanical energy: A broader term that can include elastic energy.
- Deformation energy: Energy associated with a change in shape.
Related Phrases
- To store elastic energy: The process of putting energy into an object by deforming it.
- Winding the toy car's mechanism stores elastic energy in its mainspring.
- To release elastic energy: The process of allowing the stored energy to be converted into motion or work.
- Releasing the latch allowed the elastic energy in the spring to snap the trap shut.
Noun
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potential energy that is stored when a body is deformed (as in a coiled spring)
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