On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 22:37:25 +0100, "Andrew Coppin" <orp### [at] btinternetcom>
wrote:

>...that being the point at which is snaps, yes? ;-)

No, IIRC It is the point where the material either stops being elastic or stops
having a linear deformation. 
A picture(graph) is worth a thousand words.
http://has.ied.edu.hk/has/forum/phy/messages/23.htm

Regards
        Stephen

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