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Tensile strength   /tˈɛnsəl strɛŋkθ/   Listen
Tensile strength

noun
1.
The strength of material expressed as the greatest longitudinal stress it can bear without tearing apart.





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"Tensile strength" Quotes from Famous Books



... gravity is 7.29; electrical state positive; fusing point 442 deg. F.; tensile strength per square inch in tons, 2 to 3. Tensile strength is the resistance of the fibers or particles of a body to separation, so that the amount stated is the weight or power required to tear asunder a bar of pure tin having a cross-section ...
— Tin Foil and Its Combinations for Filling Teeth • Henry L. Ambler


Words linked to "Tensile strength" :   strength, enduringness, lastingness, durability


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