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yield point

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On a stress-strain graph, the yield point can be seen as the point at which the curve stops being linear.

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yield point (plural yield points)

  1. (materials science) The point at which, as the strain (deformation amount) is increased, a material begins deforming plastically (irreversibly) rather than elastically.
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