Meanings
nounultimate tensile strength (countable and uncountable, plural ultimate tensile strengths)
plural ultimate tensile strengths · alternative tensile strength
- countableuncountableengineeringThe greatest tensile engineering stress a material can withstand before it fractures.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 強度 /强度
- 強度 /强度 (qiángdù)greatest tensile engineering stress a material can withstand
Finnish vetomurtolujuus
- vetomurtolujuusgreatest tensile engineering stress a material can withstand
French résistance à la traction
- résistance à la tractiongreatest tensile engineering stress a material can withstand
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