"breaking strain" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: breaking strains [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} breaking strain (plural breaking strains)
  1. 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. Translations (amount of strain which can break something): brudstyrke [common-gender] (Danish), murtojännitys (Finnish), bruddstyrke [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-breaking_strain-en-noun--R9NvuxJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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