| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Allowable bearing capacity | Energy | The maximum pressure that can be permitted on foundation soil, giving consideration to all pertinent factors, with adequate safety against rupture of the soil mass or movement of the foundation of such magnitude that the structure is impaired. See ultimate bearing capacity. (references) | |
| Bearing capacity | Aerospace | Is required to rupture a supporting soil mass. (references) | |
| Bearing capacity | Energy | See allowable bearing capacity and ultimate bearing capacity. (references) | |
| Bearing capacity | Mining | A. The load-per-unit area that the soil or solid rock can support without excessive yield. See also: foundation investigation b. See also: ultimate bearing capacity. (references) | |
| Ultimate bearing capacity | Energy | The load per unit of area required to produce failure by rupture of a supporting soil or rock mass. See allowable bearing capacity. (references) | |
| Ultimate bearing capacity | Mining | The average load per unit of area required to produce failure by rupture of a supporting soil mass. See also: bearing capacity. (references) | |
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