breaking strain

English

Noun

breaking strain (plural breaking strains)

The amount of strain which can cause something to break, according to the force or weight placed on it. Many materials, such as lines and ropes, have a specified breaking strain.

Translations

amount of strain which can break something

Danish: brudstyrke c
Finnish: murtojännitys
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bruddstyrke m

References

“breaking strain”, in Collins English Dictionary.

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