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ultimate strength

American

noun

Engineering.

the quantity of the utmost tensile, compressive, or shearing stress that a given unit area of a certain material is expected to bear without failing.

ultimate strength British

noun

the maximum tensile stress that a material can withstand before rupture

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I wanted to reveal the lengths that families are willing to go for each other, and how those bonds can both harness us to dysfunction and be our ultimate strength.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2025

"Being vulnerable is not a weakness, it's the ultimate strength."

From BBC • May 27, 2024

Legal experts not involved with the case underscored that its ultimate strength will likely hinge on evidence that has not yet been made public.

From Reuters • Apr. 5, 2023

The ultimate strength of “The Lost Leonardo” is its inspection of how society reveres and seeks out capital, the real driving force behind the pushes and pulls acted upon the “Salvator Mundi.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2021

Quite often it is desired to discover the elastic limit of the steel, in fact this is of more use to the designer than the ultimate strength.

From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Colvin, Fred H. (Fred Herbert)

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