ultimate tensile strength

English

Alternative forms

• tensile strength

Noun

ultimate tensile strength (countable and uncountable, plural ultimate tensile strengths)

1. (engineering) The greatest tensile engineering stress a material can withstand before it fractures.

Coordinate terms

• compressive strength

Related terms

• tensile strain

Translations

greatest tensile engineering stress a material can withstand

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 強度 / 强度 (zh) (qiángdù)

• Finnish: vetomurtolujuus
• French: résistance à la traction (fr) f