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Vickers hardness
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Etymology
Developed at Vickers Limited, founded by miller Edward Vickers and his father-in-law George Naylor in 1828.
Noun
Vickers hardness (countable and uncountable, plural Vickers hardnesses)
- (mechanical engineering) The hardness of a material according to the Vickers hardness test, based on its ability to resist plastic deformation from a standard source.
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