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tensile strength

Tensile strength is the ability of a material to resist tearing.

(noun)

An example of tensile strength is how much force can be put on a material before it tears apart.

See tensile strength in Webster's New World College Dictionary

resistance to lengthwise stress, measured (in force per unit of cross-sectional area) by the greatest load pulling in the direction of length that a given substance can bear without tearing apart

See tensile strength in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun Abbr. TS

The resistance of a material to a force tending to tear it apart, measured as the maximum tension the material can withstand without tearing.

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