"breaking strain" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1951 August, P. W. Gentry, “Cliff Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 515:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "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."
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          "break",
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "amount of strain which can break something",
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            "common-gender"
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          "word": "brudstyrke"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "amount of strain which can break something",
          "word": "murtojännitys"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "amount of strain which can break something",
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          "word": "bruddstyrke"
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  "word": "breaking strain"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "amount of strain which can break something",
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      "word": "brudstyrke"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "amount of strain which can break something",
      "word": "murtojännitys"
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      "sense": "amount of strain which can break something",
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      "word": "bruddstyrke"
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