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elastic force

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elastic force [i′las·tik ′fȯrs]
(mechanics)
A force arising from the deformation of a solid body which depends only on the body's instantaneous deformation and not on its previous history, and which is conservative.
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In reality, due to the fact that in any moment the elastic force that is applied to P is proportional to the distance x of the point from its position of balance 0, P acceleration (caused by the proportionality between the forces and the corresponding accelerations) is also proportional to x; this is demonstrated in the harmonic movement.
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