• Dettweiler@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Everything past the dotted line is the point where the material won’t go back to its original shape.
    Example: You can push on the hood of your car all you want, it’ll flex, and go back to its original shape (elastic deformation); but stand on it, and it’ll dent (plastic deformation).