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bursting strength

noun

  1. the capacity of a thing or substance to resist change when under pressure.
  2. the pressure required to break down the resistance of a substance.


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Example Sentences

He could feel the bursting strength of the young city—a David amongst cities.

Now rushing furious by with loosen'd sweep, Now rolling grandly on, solemn and deep, Its bursting strength the full embodied sound In wide and shallow brawlings scatters round; Then wild in eddies shrill, with rage distraught, And force exhausted, whistles into naught.

Hose may be secured with a bursting strength of more than 1,000 pounds to the square inch.

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