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1. Strength
   The USS Strength was an American Admirable Class minesweeper of 625 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Strength was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 14.5 knots and carried a complement of 104. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun and four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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2. Strength
   For a classifier system, a classifier's relative ability to win a bidding match for the right to post its message on the message list.
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3. strength
   [n] - the condition of financial success 2. [n] - the property of being physically or mentally strong
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4. Strength
   The ability of a muscle to produce maximum force.
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5. Strength
   The ability to withstand load without structural failure. The strength of a material can be expressed as ultimate tensile strength, as bending strength or as torsional strength. The local criterion for failure of bone, or of implants, is measured in units of force per unit area: stress, or (equivale...
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6. Strength
   The force that a muscle can exert in one maximal effort.
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7. Strength
   This relates to the maximum force which can be applied to a material without it breaking.In a material, strength refers to a level of stress at which there is a significant change in the state of the material, e.g., yielding or rupture.In a structure, strength refers to a level of level of loading w...
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8. Strength
   Resistance to failure by yielding or buckling.
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9. strength
   the energy content in relation to its weight; 2)the force developed by the explosive; 3)usually considered the ability of an explosive to do useful work Category: The chemical industry • a) generally, all those properties of wood, as a piece or a structure, that enable it to sustain load...
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10. Strength
    Strength noun [ Middle English strengthe , Anglo-Saxon strengðu , from strang strong. See Strong .] 1. The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physi...
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11. Strength
    Strength transitive verb To strengthen. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
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12. strength
    1. The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force; vigor; power; as, strength of body or of the arm; strength of mind, of memory, or of judgment. 'All his [Samson's] strength in his hairs were.' (Cha...
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13. strength
    noun the property of being physically or mentally strong; `fatigue sapped his strength`
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14. strength
    noun the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation); `he adjusted the intensity of the sound`; `they measured the station`s signal strength`
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15. Strength
    • (n.) That quality which tends to secure results; effective power in an institution or enactment; security; validity; legal or moral force; logical conclusiveness; as, the strength of social or legal obligations; the strength of law; the strength of public opinion; strength of evidence; streng...
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16. strength
    (from the article `chemical compound`) Periodic trends of the oxides have been thoroughly studied. As shown in Table 8, in any given period the bonding in oxides progresses from ionic to ...
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17. strength
    (from the article `human development`) The marked increase in muscle size in boys at adolescence leads to an increase in strength. Before adolescence, boys and girls are similar in ...
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18. strength
    
    • the property of being physically or mentally strong
    • capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
    • physical energy or intensity
    • an asset of special worth or utility
    • the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty
    • the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or...
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    • strength
      The ability of a member to sustain stress without failure
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    • Strength
      A generic term for the ability of a material to resist strain or rupture induced by external forces. See also Compressive Strength, Fatigue Strength, Flexural Strength, Shear Strength, Splitting Tensile Strength, Tensile Strength, Ultimate Strength, and Yield Strength.
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    • strength
      Type: Term Pronunciation: strength Definitions: 1. The quality of being strong or powerful. 2. The degree of intensity. 3. The property of materials by which they endure the application of force without yielding or breaking.
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    • Strength
      (Tarot card) Description and usage as in divination : A. E. Waite was a key figure in the development of modern Tarot interpretations (Wood, 1998). However, not all interpretations follow his practice. Tarot decks, when used for divination, are interpreted by personal experience as well as tr...
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    • Strength
      (band) `Strength` is a disco-rock band from Portland, Oregon, made up of Bailey Winters, John Zeigler, and Patrick Morris. Their 2006 debut album, "Going Strong," on Community Disco, was produced and recorded by Chris Anderson at Animal Kingdom, and mastered by Nilesh Patel at The E...
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    • Strength
      (explosive) In explosive materials, `strength` is the parameter determining the ability of the explosive to move the surrounding material. It is related to the total gas yield of the reaction, and the amount of heat produced. Cf. brisance. The strength, or potential, of an explo...
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    • Strength
      (album) | Name = "Strength" | Type = Studio | Single 1 = Mother`s Eyes | Single 1 date = | Single 2 = Baby Loves You | Single 2 date = --> --> `Strength` is the second studio album by American rock band Enuff Z`nuff. The band had positive momentum at the time of the album`s...
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