Elastic limit Meaning, Definition & Usage

Definitions
  1. (Mech.), the limit of distortion, by bending, stretching, etc., that a body can undergo and yet return to its original form when relieved from stress; also, the unit force or stress required to produce this distortion. Within the elastic limit the distortion is directly proportional to the stress producing it.
Definitions
  1. . See under Elastic.

Webster 1913