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Meaning of Mohr circle in English:

Mohr circle

noun

(also Mohr's circle)
Engineering

  • A circle plotted on a Mohr diagram of a body under stress, each point of which has coordinates representing the stresses parallel and normal to a particular plane in the body. Also "Mohr (also Mohr's) stress circle".

Origin

1920s; earliest use found in The Engineer.