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What is the difference between stress and strain?
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What is the difference between stress and strain?

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Answer and Explanation:

Stress is pressure per unit area applied to a rock or solid.

Strain is the deformity or change in dimension of the rock as a proportion of the original dimension thus being a dimensionless quantity.

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