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BRINELL NUMBER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Brinell number mean?
• BRINELL NUMBER (noun)
The noun BRINELL NUMBER has 1 sense:
1. measure of the hardness of a material
Familiarity information: BRINELL NUMBER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Measure of the hardness of a material
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("Brinell number" is a kind of...):
unit; unit of measurement (any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange)
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