Quantitative Concept
tensile strength
ten·sile strength
Definitions related to tensile strength:
  • The maximum stress a material subjected to a stretching load can withstand without tearing. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed, p2001)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • The tendency of materials to stretch rather than break when pulled apart; especially applicable to wire, cord, and the like, but may apply to biological tissues as well.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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