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coeffi′cient of restitu′tion, [Physics.]
  1. Physicsthe ratio of the relative velocity after impact to the relative velocity before the impact of two colliding bodies, equal to 1 for an elastic collision and 0 for an inelastic collision.
  • 1875–80

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