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Grammar : Noun |
Definition of tensile strength
- As in firmness : noun stiffness
- The tensile strength of that thread is correctly adjusted to the weight of the model.
- Extract from : « Toy Shop » by Henry Maxwell Dempsey
- Did you ever calculate the tensile strength of the material from which you blew the bubble?
- Extract from : « Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. » by John Uri Lloyd
- The tensile strength of wood is least affected by drying, as a rule.
- Extract from : « The Mechanical Properties of Wood » by Samuel J. Record
- So was the gadget that reduced the tensile strength of concrete to about that of a good grade of marshmallow.
- Extract from : « Anything You Can Do ... » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- A large section of the ferro-concrete wall had sagged away and collapsed, having suddenly lost its tensile strength.
- Extract from : « Anything You Can Do ... » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- Steel rods add to the tensile strength of concrete which alone has a tremendous strength under compression.
- Extract from : « The Boy's Book of New Inventions » by Harry E. Maule
- The main reason linen thread has been advised for so long is because its tensile strength is much greater than that of cotton.
- Extract from : « Library Bookbinding » by Arthur Low Bailey
- Considering the marked saving in weight spruce has a greater percentage of tensile strength than any of the other woods.
- Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
- But if the crepe is rolled too much, the tensile strength falls, and there is no increased elongation to compensate.
- Extract from : « The Preparation of Plantation Rubber » by Sidney Morgan
- This weft is about the equivalent of commercial slub with no tensile strength.
- Extract from : « A Burial Cave in Baja California » by William C. Massey
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