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yield strength
noun
, Physics.
- the stress necessary to produce a given inelastic strain in a material.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of yield strength1
First recorded in 1930–35
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Example Sentences
This stuff is quoted to have a compression-yield strength of one hundred ten pounds to the square inch.
From Project Gutenberg
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