elastic restitution

См. также в других словарях:

• Restitution — Res ti*tu tion (r?s t?*t? sh?n), n. [F. restitution, L. restitutio. See {Restitute}, v.] 1. The act of restoring anything to its rightful owner, or of making good, or of giving an equivalent for any loss, damage, or injury; indemnification. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• restitution — [res΄tə to͞o′shən, res΄tətyo͞o′shən] n. [ME < MFr < L restitutio < restitutus, pp. of restituere, to set up again, restore < re , again + statuere, to set up: see STATUE] 1. a giving back to the rightful owner of something that has… …   English World dictionary

• Elastic collision — [ black body radiation (not shown) doesn’t escape a system, atoms in thermal agitation undergo essentially elastic collisions. On average, two atoms rebound from each other with the same kinetic energy as before a collision. Here, room… …   Wikipedia

• restitution — restitutive, restitutory /res ti tooh teuh ree, tyooh /, adj. /res ti tooh sheuhn, tyooh /, n. 1. reparation made by giving an equivalent or compensation for loss, damage, or injury caused; indemnification. 2. the restoration of property or… …   Universalium

• restitution — noun 1》 the restoration of something lost or stolen to its proper owner. 2》 recompense for injury or loss. 3》 the restoration of something to its original state.     ↘Physics the resumption of an object s original shape or position through… …   English new terms dictionary

• restitution — /rɛstəˈtjuʃən / (say restuh tyoohshuhn) noun 1. reparation made by giving an equivalent or compensation for loss, damage, or injury caused; indemnification. 2. the restoration of property or rights previously taken away, conveyed, or surrendered …  

• Coefficient of restitution — A bouncing basketball captured with a stroboscopic flash at 25 images per second. Ignoring air resistance, the square root of the ratio of the height of one bounce to that of the preceding bounce gives the coefficient of restitution for the… …   Wikipedia

• coefficient of restitution — the ratio of the relative velocity of two elastic bodies after rebounding to velocity before impact * * * Physics. the ratio of the relative velocity after impact to the relative velocity before the impact of two colliding bodies, equal to 1 for… …   Useful english dictionary

• coefficient of restitution — Physics. the ratio of the relative velocity after impact to the relative velocity before the impact of two colliding bodies, equal to 1 for an elastic collision and 0 for an inelastic collision. [1875 80] * * * …   Universalium

• Collision — For other uses, see Collision (disambiguation). A collision is an isolated event which two or more moving bodies (colliding bodies) exert forces on each other for a relatively short time. Although the most common colloquial use of the word… …   Wikipedia

• Momentum — This article is about momentum in physics. For other uses, see Momentum (disambiguation). Classical mechanics Newton s Second Law …   Wikipedia