yield point

English

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

Noun

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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