durability

Definition 1

Assurance or probability that an equipment, machine, or material will have a relatively long continuous useful life, without requiring an inordinate degree of maintenance.

Definition 2

Ability to undergo permanent deformation without cracking or fracturing.

Definition 3

Ability to exist for long without significant deterioration by resisting the effects of heavy use, drying, wetting, heating, freezing, thawing, corrosion, oxidation, volatilization, etc.


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