What is to act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as forces on a beam to bend it called?
strain — (Mech.) To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as forces on a beam to bend it. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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