ultimate strength
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.
Also called
ultimate stress.
Words nearby ultimate strength
ultima ratio regum,
ultima thule,
ultimacy,
ultimate,
ultimate constituent,
ultimate strength,
ultimately,
ultimatum,
ultimo,
ultimogeniture,
ultisol
British Dictionary definitions for ultimate strength
ultimate strength
noun
the maximum tensile stress that a material can withstand before rupture