ultimate strength


nounEngineering.
  1. the quantity of the utmost tensile, compressive, or shearing stress that a given unit area of a certain material is expected to bear without failing.

  • Also called ultimate stress .

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ultimate strength

noun
  1. the maximum tensile stress that a material can withstand before rupture

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