microstretch

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ stretch

Noun

microstretch (plural microstretches)

1. (physics) microscopic stretch (of a microelement of a solid)
   • 3853-3870 (2007), Markus Lazar, Gerard A. Maugin, “On microcontinuum field theories: the Eshelby stress tensor and incompatibility conditions”, in Philosophical Magazine‎^[1], volumes 3853-3870, pages 3853–3870:

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

Verb

microstretch (third-person singular simple present microstretches, present participle microstretching, simple past and past participle microstretched)

1. (physics, transitive) To stretch microscopically.