tensile strength

Definitions

Aviation

• noun the strength of a structure to resist forces pulling it apart from opposite directions

Cars & Driving

• noun a measure of a material’s ability to withstand tension or stress

Construction

• Maximum unit stress that a material is capable of resisting under axial tensile loading, based on the cross sectional area of the specimen before loading. Tensile strength is often used as a measure of fastener strength; itis the load required to pull open the fastener.

Publishing

• noun the strength of paper to withstand pulling

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Contexts for “tensile strength”

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• Aviation
• Cars & Driving
• Construction
• Publishing