also: ひっぱりつよさ
tensile strength
Technical term in materials science and engineering; refers to the maximum stress a material can withstand while being stretched before breaking.
The tensile strength of this steel material is very high.
We conducted a test to measure tensile strength.
Compressive strength, the opposite property measuring resistance to being crushed.
Standard kanji spelling for this technical term.
Alternate reading with unvoiced つよさ; less common but encountered.
Compound of 引っ張り (hiki- + hari, 'pulling') and 強さ (tsuyosa, 'strength'). The reading づよさ is a sequential voicing (rendaku) of つよさ.