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FACTOR OF SAFETY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ratio of the breaking stress of a structure to the estimated maximum stress in ordinary use
Synonyms:
factor of safety; safety factor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("factor of safety" is a kind of...):
ratio (the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient))
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