elastocaloric

English

Etymology

elasto- +‎ caloric

Adjective

elastocaloric (not comparable)

  1. (physics) That produces heat by physical deformation (e.g. stretching)
    • 2016, Zhongjian Xie, Gael Sebald, Daniel Guyomar, “Temperature dependence of elastocaloric effect of natural rubber”, in arXiv‎:
      The temperature dependence of the elastocaloric (eC) effect in natural rubber (NR) is studied adiabatically and isothermally.
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