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MeSH Heading: Compressive Strength
Tree Number(s): G01.374.180
Unique ID: D019245
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019245
Annotation: do not confuse with TENSILE STRENGTH
Scope Note: The maximum compression a material can withstand without failure. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed, p427)
Public MeSH Note: 97
History Note: 97
Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/20
Revision Date: 2008/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Compressive Strength MeSH Descriptor Data 2025