Ultimate-stress
noun, Engineering.
1.
the quantity of the utmost tensile, compressive, or shearing stress that a given unit area of a certain material is expected to bear without failing.
ultimate strength
noun
1.
the maximum tensile stress that a material can withstand before rupture
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