electric strength

British

noun

the maximum voltage sustainable by an insulating material, after which it loses its insulating properties

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And electric strength had come to him now the horizons were kicked out.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck

The electric strength for a homogeneous plate of crystalline sulphur is not less than 33,000 volts per centimetre, and probably a good deal more.

From On Laboratory Arts by Threlfall, Richard

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