breaking strain
noun1
The amount of strain which can cause something to break, according to the force or weight placed on it. Many materials, such as lines and ropes, have a specified breaking strain.
- The steel haulage ropes have a breaking strain of 50 tons, and another pair passing around a pulley at the bottom connect the lower ends of the cars and act as tail or balance ropes.1951 August, P. W. Gentry, “Cliff Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 515:
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