Synonyms for safety factor
safe·ty fac·tor

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1. safety factornoun

   Synonyms:
   factor of safety

2. safety factornoun

   The ratio of the maximum stress or load which something can withstand to the stress or load which it was designed to withstand under normal operation.

   The common safety factor used for elevator support cables is 11.

   Synonyms:
   factor of safety

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1. safety factor, factor of safetynoun

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

   Synonyms:
   factor of safety

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1. David Andrews:

   EPA used a blood serum level of 0.17 ng/ml, this serum level was significantly below 2 ng/ml and then EPA applied an additional 10x safety factor to make sure variations in response between different populations were also protected.