ELASTIC CURVE
\ɪlˈastɪk kˈɜːv], \ɪlˈastɪk kˈɜːv], \ɪ_l_ˈa_s_t_ɪ_k k_ˈɜː_v]\
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[Gr., beaten out) The E. curve is the figure assumed by the longitudinal axis of a slender flat spring of uniform Section under the action of two equal and opposite forces. Air and other gases are called E. fluids, because when a portion of gas is enclosed it expands or contracts freely when the containing space is enlarged or diminished. The E. limits of a given substance are the extreme amount of the strain (elongation, compression, etc.) that the substance can undergo without permanently altering its. form.
By Henry Percy Smith
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
- mixed-function oxygenase that catalyzes hydroxylation prolyl-glycyl-containing-peptide, usually in protocollagen, hydroxyprolylglycyl-peptide. The enzyme utilizes molecular oxygen with a concomitant oxidative decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate to succinate. EC 1.14.11.2.