compressive
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The researchers created a nanometer-thin germanium epilayer on silicon that is placed under compressive strain.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2025
Compared with the bare sections, biocrust-covered rammed earth was less porous and had higher shear strength and compressive strength, the team reports today.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 7, 2023
The cars weren’t equipped with alignment control couplers that “resist lateral coupler movement under compressive in-train forces.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2023
“It suggests poor quality or inadequate cement, which is the bonding agent in concrete. This reduces the compressive strength.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2023
It has considerable compressive or crushing strength, but is somewhat deficient in shearing strength, and distinctly weak in tensile or pulling strength.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
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