| piezoelectric | Pertaining to piezoelectricity. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| piezoelectric effect | The property of certain crystalline or ceramic materials to emit electricity when deformed and to deform when an electric current is passed across them, a mechanism of interconverting electrical and acoustic energy; an ultrasound transducer sends and receives acoustic energy using this effect. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colligative properties | <chemistry> Properties (such as freezing-point depression) of solutions that vary according to how much solute is in the solution. (09 Oct 1997) |
| intensive properties | <chemistry> Properties which are independent of the amount of the substance. (09 Jan 1998) |
| extensive properties | <chemistry> Properties which are dependent on the amount of the substance. (09 Jan 1998) |