Usually means: Ratio of lateral to axial.
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  1. Poisson's ratio: Merriam-Webster
  2. Poisson's ratio: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Poisson's ratio, Poisson's ratio: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Poisson's ratio: Wiktionary
  5. poisson's ratio, poissons ratio: Dictionary.com
  6. Poisson's Ratio, Poisson's ratio, Poissons ratio: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. Poisson's ratio: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Poisson's ratio)

noun:  Of a material in tension or compression, the ratio of the strain in the direction of the applied load to the strain normal to the load, abbreviated ν (nu).


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