Rubber Dictionary. Elongation is defined as the length at breaking point expressed as a percentage of its original length (i.e. length at rest) e.g. if a rubber reaches twice its length before breaking its elongation is 100%.See ASTM 214. See also: HAC, 32-bit word, DARPA, KILOGRAIN, DBI.ubber Dictionary. Elongation is defined as the length at breaking point expressed as a percentage of its original length (i.e. length at rest) e.g. if a rubber reaches twice its length before breaking its elongation is 100%.
Rube is an insulting word for a person considered uneducated or uncultured. Your average country bumpkin is also a rube. This word implies a lack of sophistication, manners, education, and culture. Rubes are usually from rural areas, and theyâre also known as bumpkins, hayseeds, hicks, yahoos, yokels, and hillbillies.
A Rube Goldberg machine is a contraption, invention, device or apparatus that is deliberately over-engineered to perform a simple task in a complicated fashion, usually including a chain reaction.The expression is named after American cartoonist and inventor Rube Goldberg (1883â1970).or example, news headlines include Is Rep. Bill Thomas the Rube Goldberg of Legislative Reform? and Retirement 'insurance' as a Rube Goldberg machine.