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fire resistance

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noun

  1. the amount of resistance of a material or construction to fire.


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Now, it serves as a blueprint for fire resistance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025

How do you bring older neighborhoods into fire resistance?

From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2025

Its fire resistance comes from a two-layer construction, with an air gap in between for added insulation.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 25, 2022

While much attention is focused on managing overgrown forests, fire managers say it’s equally crucial to increase the fire resistance of homes and the area immediately around them, known as “defensible space.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2021

It is the classification of fire resistance adopted by this congress in 1903 that has been utilized by all concerned throughout the British empire, and in numerous other countries, since that date.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

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