spring constant

English

Noun

spring constant (plural spring constants)

1. (physics) A characteristic of a spring which is defined as the ratio of the force affecting the spring to the displacement caused by it.

Usage notes

Usually denoted with the letter "k" in formulae, as in the formula F = k·x, where "F" is the force applied and "x" is the displacement.

Translations

characteristic of a spring

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勁度係數／劲度系数 (zh) (jìndù xìshù)

• Dutch: veerconstante
• Finnish: jousivakio
• French: constante de raideur f, constante de rappel f
• German: Federkonstante f
• Italian: costante elastica f
• Japanese: ばね定数 (ばねていすう, baneteisū; ばねじょうすう, banejōsū)

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