 ##  [Bulk Modulus](/bulk-modulus) 

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**Engineering &amp; Applied Technologies Dictionary**

 
Definition

A material property quantifying resistance to uniform (hydrostatic) compression, defined (for small changes) as the ratio of an incremental hydrostatic pressure increase to the resulting volumetric strain: K = −V (dP/dV) ≈ ΔP / (−ΔV/V).