proportional limit

noun Physics.

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Nearby words

proportion, proportionable, proportional, proportional counter, proportional font, proportional limit, proportional representation, proportional spacing, proportionate, proportioned, proportionment

Origin of proportional limit

First recorded in 1945–50

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