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When a body undergoes a linear tensile strain if experience a lateral contraction also. The ratio of lateral contraction to longitudinal strain is known as

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Young's modulus

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Bulk modulus

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Poisson's law

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Hooke's law

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Solution

The correct option is B Poisson's law
Poisson's ratio is the ratio of transverse contraction strain to longitudinal extension strain in the direction of stretching force

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