| Term: | Mathematical definition: | Physical definition: |
| Domain | ([495] p. 222, same as Gebiet), [496] (p. 1, same as Region) | see Illustration 1 |
| Boundary | [497] (pp. 25, 28, same as Frontier) | see Illustration 1 |
| Boundary Condition | [498] (p. 23) | see Illustration 2 |
| Constitutive equation | [499] (p. 170), [219] (p. 69), [500] (p. 1644), [494] (p. 276) | [222] (p. 170), [499] (p. 169), [206] (p. 35), [219] (p. 69), [501] (p. 273), [502] (p. 2), [494] (p. 223), [500] (p. 1642) |
| Elastic material (or Cauchy-elastic material) | [503] (p. 170), [504] (p. 207) [499] (p. 175), [502] (p. 117), [494] (p. 297) | [505] (p. 201), [506] (pp. 1, 444), [28] (p. 147) |
| Hyperelastic material (or Green-elastic) | [219] (p. 520), [503] (p. 171) [499] (p. 206), [502] (p. 294), [506] (p. 444) | [219] (p. 519), [502] (p. 13), [499] (p. 206), [28] (p. 148), [501] (p. 282) |
| Plastic (or elasto-plastic) material | [219] (p. 148), [506] (p. 131), [210] (p. 57) | [219] (p. 1480), [506] (p. 131), [210] (p. 52), [507] (p. 75) |
| Viscoelastic material | [503] (p. 174), [211] (p. 5) | [211] (p. 5), [222] (pp. 59, 217), [210] (p. 65) |
| Viscoplastic (or elasto-viscoplastic) material | [219] (p. 450) | [506] (p. 133), [210] (p. 65), [219] (p. 435) |
| Poroelasticity | [222] (p. 249) | [222] (p. 247) |
| Poroplasticity | [508] (p. 226) | [508] (p. 225) |
| Poroviscoelasticity | [508] (p. 261) | [508] (p. 261) |
| Poroviscoplasticity | [508] (p. 273) | [508] (p. 272) |
| Damage mechanics | [509] (p. 8) [510] (pp. 16, 142) | [511] (p. 1) [510] (p. 3) [512] (p. 1) |
| Isotropic material | [503] (p. 234), [502] (p. 78), [513] (p. 60), [504] (p. 243) | [514] (p. 25), [250] (p. 41), [505] (p. 203), [499] (p. 170) |
| Anisotropic material | [503] (p. 234), [502] (p. 78), [513] (p. 60), [504] (p. 243) | [514] (p. 25), [250] (p. 41), [505] (p. 203) |
| Linear elastic anisotropy: triclinic, monoclinic, orthotropic (or rhomibc), trigonal, tetragonal, transversally isotropic (or hexagonal), cubic, isotropic | [250] (p. 44), [222] (p. 150), [257] (p. 10) | [250] (p. 44), [222] (p. 150), [257] (p. 10) |
| Homogeneous material | [504] (p. 237), [502] (p. 58,59) | [502] (pp. 58, 59), [514] (p. 25), [505] (p. 203) |
| Inhomogeneous (or non-homogeneous, heterogeneous) material | [504] (p. 237) | [514] (p. 25), [505] (p. 203) |
| Properties (not only mechanical properties): global and local | [515] (p. 83) | [515] (p. 83), [516] (p. 532) |
| Cauchy’s equation of motion (equilibrium equation) | [504] (p. 223), [503] (pp. 153, 204), [499] (p. 148), [494] (pp. 139, 273, 307) | [222] (p. 129), [222] (p. 196) |
| Strain-displacement equation (or Lagrange strain tensor, strain) | [503] (p. 272), [505] (p. 84) | [206] (p. 29), [505] (p. 84) |
| Stress (or Cauchy stress tensor) | [504] (p. 174), [503] (p. 150) [494] (p. 137) | [206] (p. 25), [222] (p. 122), [505] (p. 157) |
| Displacement (or displacement vector) | [503] (p. 272), [494] (p. 297) | [206] (p. 30), [505] (p. 81) |
| Body force | [504] (p. 151), [503] (p. 97), [494] (p. 132) | [499] (p. 144), [494] (p. 132) |
| Surface force (or surface traction, stress vector, Cauchy traction field) | [503] (p. 97), [494] (p. 133) | [494] (p. 133), [206] (p. 26), [505] (p. 155) |
| Materials with memory | [504] (p. 201) | [502, XVIII preface to third edition] |
| Hookean Material (or generalized Hooke’s law, Hooke’s law) | [506] (pp. 2, 127), [505] (p. 204), [206] (p. 38) | [222] (p. 58), [211] (p. 4) |