microstrain (English, noun)
expansion: microstrain (countable and uncountable, plural microstrains)
Senses:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A strain expressed in terms of parts per million
tags: countable
uncountable
qualifier: materials science
glosses: The root mean square of the variations in the lattice parameters across the individual crystallites, usually across microscopic distances, <ϵ²>^(1/2). By definition, it cannot be negative. In contrast, macrostrain refers to the overall change in the lattice parameters caused by a composition change or temperature change or pressure change.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: microstrains
tags: plural