应力 (yìng lì) — stress (physics) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

stress (physics)

应力。
Cái liào de yìng lì fēi cháng gāo.
The stress in the material is very high.
应力。
Zhè zhǒng yìng lì kě yǐ dǎo zhì biàn xíng.
This kind of stress can cause deformation.
应力。
Wǒ men xū yào jì suàn zhè ge jié gòu de yìng lì.
We need to calculate the stress on this structure.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

应 carries a sense of response, and 力 means force; together they name the internal force that arises in response to load.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 應; 应 is its simplified writing.

䧹心應

Meaning part形符xíngfú

心心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

䧹

䧹䧹應yìng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 應 pairs 心 (heart) with 䧹 as a sound part; the simplified 应 is a later shorthand and its parts are not the original components.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

力 is drawn as either an arm bending out from the side of the body or a wooden plough.