Usually means: Stress visualization using polarized light.
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  1. photoelastic: Merriam-Webster
  2. photoelastic: Collins English Dictionary
  3. photoelastic: Wiktionary
  4. photoelastic: Dictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (photoelastic)

▸ adjective:  (of a material) exhibiting birefringence when stressed
▸ adjective:  of, or relating to photoelasticity

Similar:
birefringent, dichroic, pleochromatic, irisated, dichromatic, idiophanous, morphoelastic, chromatic, monorefringent, dichroitic, more...

Opposite:
inelastic, non-photoelastic, rigid

Types:
anelastic, viscoelastic, elastic, more...

Phrases:
photoelastic effect, Photoelastic modulator, more...

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Similar:
birefringent, dichroic, pleochromatic, irisated, dichromatic, idiophanous, morphoelastic, chromatic, monorefringent, dichroitic, more...

Opposite:
inelastic, non-photoelastic, rigid

Types:
anelastic, viscoelastic, elastic, more...

Phrases:
photoelastic effect, Photoelastic modulator, more...



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