FACTOR OF SAFETY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does factor of safety mean? 

• FACTOR OF SAFETY (noun)
  The noun FACTOR OF SAFETY has 1 sense:

1. the ratio of the breaking stress of a structure to the estimated maximum stress in ordinary use

  Familiarity information: FACTOR OF SAFETY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FACTOR OF SAFETY (noun)

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 ("factor of safety" is a kind of...):

ratio (the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient))