strength

n. quality of being strong, might; being nentally strong; durability; determination, resolve; power; effectiveness; intensity, force; number of people that compose a group

Strength may refer to: Physical ability:Physical strength, as in people or animalsSuperhuman strength, as in fictional charactersa character attribute (role-playing games)Conflict between persons or groups:Virtue and moral uprightnessFortitude in the face of moral or social pressurePersuasiveness of an argument. Military strength Politics :Party strengths. See political party Physics:Strength of materialsCompressive strengthTensile strengthShear strengthStrength (explosive)Field strengthSignal strength
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Noun
1. the property of being physically or mentally strong; "fatigue sapped his strength"
(antonym) weakness
(hypernym) property
(hyponym) good part
(attribute) delicate
2. capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war; "we faced an army of great strength"; "politicians have neglected our military posture"
(synonym) military capability, military strength, military posture, posture
(hypernym) capability, capableness
(hyponym) sea power
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
3. physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"
(synonym) force, forcefulness
(hypernym) intensity, intensiveness
(hyponym) brunt
4. an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte"
(synonym) forte, strong suit, long suit, metier, specialty, speciality, strong point
(hypernym) asset, plus
(hyponym) green thumb, green fingers
5. 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 strength of his argument settled the matter"
(synonym) persuasiveness
(hypernym) power, powerfulness
(hyponym) convincingness
6. 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"
(synonym) intensity, intensity level
(hypernym) magnitude
(hyponym) radio brightness
7. capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects; "the toxin's potency"; "the strength of the drinks"
(synonym) potency, effectiveness
(hypernym) power, powerfulness
(attribute) potent, strong
8. the condition of financial success; "the strength of the company's stock in recent weeks"
(antonym) weakness
(hypernym) prosperity, successfulness
9. permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force; "they advertised the durability of their products"
(synonym) lastingness, durability, enduringness
(hypernym) permanence, permanency
(hyponym) tensile strength

(v. t.)
To strengthen.
  

(n.)
Vigor or style; force of expression; nervous diction; -- said of literary work.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(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; strength of argument.
  

(n.)
Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality of bodies by which they endure the application of force without breaking or yielding; -- in this sense opposed to frangibility; as, the strength of a bone, of a beam, of a wall, a rope, and the like.
  

(n.)
Power of resisting attacks; impregnability.
  

(n.)
One who, or that which, is regarded as embodying or affording force, strength, or firmness; that on which confidence or reliance is based; support; security.
  

(n.)
Intensity; -- said of light or color.
  

(n.)
Intensity or degree of the distinguishing and essential element; spirit; virtue; excellence; -- said of liquors, solutions, etc.; as, the strength of wine or of acids.
  

(n.)
Force as measured; amount, numbers, or power of any body, as of an army, a navy, and the like; as, what is the strength of the enemy by land, or by sea?
  

(n.)
A strong place; a stronghold.
  

See economic potential; unit strength. 1/7/70

Voir potentiel d'une unité; potentiel économique. 1/7/70