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structural failures

structural failures is the plural of structural failure.

Meaning of structural failure

Noun

structural failure (countable and uncountable, plural structural failures)

  1. Loss of the load-carrying capacity of a component or member within a structure or of the structure itself. Structural failure is initiated when the material in a structure is stressed to its strength limit, thus causing fracture or excessive deformations.
    • Three buildings in the World Trade Center Complex collapsed due to structural failure on the day of the attack.

Questions about structural failures

What is structural failures the plural of?
Structural failures is the plural of structural failure.

Words near structural failures in the dictionary

  1. structural engineer
  2. structural engineering
  3. structural engineerings
  4. structural engineers
  5. structural failure
  6. structural failures
  7. structural formula
  8. structural formulae
  9. structural formulas
  10. structural integrities
  11. structural integrity

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