break strength

break strength definition - telecom
The ability to withstand stress without breaking, break strength is measured as the tensile or compressive load required to fracture something. Break strength is an important consideration in the design of telecommunications conductors and cables, for example. See also flex strength and tensile strength.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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