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12:16 Jun 27, 2004 |
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| Selected response from: Orla Ryan Ireland Local time: 10:37 | ||||||
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5 +8 | calculation friction / stress |
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3 +1 | similar to Hooke's law |
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3 | having power to institute, establish or enact |
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having power to institute, establish or enact Explanation: If the law is a legal one. If the law is more like a sort of principle, then perhaps it is more like "making a thing what it is". Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=constitutive&r=67 |
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calculation friction / stress Explanation: it is not a legal term, but an engineering one. in physics, this law measures the relation between applied stress/tension and the resulting deformation. Reference: http://www.swan.ac.uk/civeng/Research/masonry/const.htm Reference: http://www.cis.tugraz.at/situ/ALLES/34.htm |
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