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Factor of Safety

nounid 60843·updated May 18, 2026
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the ratio of the breaking stress of a structure to the estimated maximum stress in ordinary use

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Variants

synonym
safety factor
plural
Factor of Safeties
possessive
Factor of Safety's
pluralpossessive
Factor of Safeties'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
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the ratio of the breaking stress of a structure to the estimated maximum stress in ordinary use
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
the ratio of the breaking stress of a structure to the estimated maximum stress in ordinary use
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