Synonyms & related words for photoelastic

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of photoelastic. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to photoelastic

Explore words related to photoelastic — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include photoelasticity, birefringence, anelastic, viscoelasticity, refringence, viscoelastic, hyperstress, birefringent. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does photoelastic come from?

The word photoelastic breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: photo, from Greek phos (“light”); elast, from Greek elastos (“ductile, beaten out (from elaunein 'to drive, beat')”); and -ic, from Greek -ikos (“pertaining to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.