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YOUNG'S MODULUS- A measure of the stiffness of a solid ZEEMAN EFFECT- The effect of splitting a spectral line into
material which defines the relationship between mechanical several components in the presence of a static magnetic field by
stress and strain. A constant of proportionality associated with the lifting of degeneracy in electronic states.
the change in length of a material according to its elastic ZERO-POINT ENERGY- The lowest energy state of molecular
properties.
vibration