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SAFETY FACTOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does safety factor mean?
• SAFETY FACTOR (noun)
The noun SAFETY FACTOR has 1 sense:
1. the ratio of the breaking stress of a structure to the estimated maximum stress in ordinary use
Familiarity information: SAFETY FACTOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ratio of the breaking stress of a structure to the estimated maximum stress in ordinary use
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
factor of safety; safety factor
Hypernyms ("safety factor" is a kind of...):
ratio (the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient))
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