indentori suure koormusega (tavaliselt üle 10 N) materjali kõvaduskatse (Brinelli, Rockwelli, Vickersi jt meetodid) (vt makrokõvadus, Brinelli kõvaduskatse, Rockwelli kõvaduskatse, Vickersi kõvaduskatse; vrd mikrokõvaduskatse)
a term applied to such hardness testing procedures as the Rockwell or Brinell hardness tests to distinguish them from microindentation hardness tests (see: macrohardness, Brinell hardness test, Rockwell hardness test, Vickers hardness test; compare: microhardness test)
