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Sample Break: The point at with the sample breaks or fractures.

Sample Break Detection: The Sample Break Detection function measures the rate of decrease in force during a test and when triggered will stop the crosshead. Range: 0 = sample break detect disabled and
9 = most sensitive detection.

Sample Height: Sample Height is the original height of the sample of which deflection calculations are made.

SBD: The Sample Break Detection function measures the rate of decrease in force during a test and when triggered will stop the crosshead. Range: 0 = sample break detect disabled and 9 = most sensitive detection.

SI: Système International [d'Unités] (International System [of Units]).

Sled Weight: Mass of the sled.

Span: The extent or measure of space between two points or extremities.

Stage: An event at the beginning, during or end of the test.

Standard Deviation: The standard deviation is also called the root mean square deviation, because it can be found by computing the deviation of each piece of data from the mean, squaring each of these deviations, finding the mean of them and then taking the square root of the mean.

Strain: To alter (the relations between the parts of a structure or shape) by applying an external force.