strength
Noun
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The property of being physically or mentally strong (synset 105036872)
"fatigue sapped his strength"tells us about:is a type of: property - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a classsubtypes:
- good part - a place of especial strength
- brawn, brawniness, heftiness, muscle, muscularity, sinew - possessing muscular strength
- might, mightiness, power - physical strength
- dynamism, heartiness, vigor, vigour - active strength of body or mind
- hardiness, lustiness, robustness - the property of being strong and healthy in constitution
- huskiness, ruggedness, toughness - the property of being big and strong
- stalwartness, stoutness - the property of being strong and resolute
- sturdiness - the property of something that is strongly built
- firmness, soundness - the muscle tone of healthy tissue
- indomitability, invincibility - the property being difficult or impossible to defeat
- endurance - the power to withstand hardship or stress
- invulnerability - the property of being invulnerable; the property of being incapable of being hurt (physically or emotionally)
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Capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war (synset 105210917)
"we faced an army of great strength"; "politicians have neglected our military posture"referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nationis a type of: capability, capableness - the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legallysubtypes:
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Physical energy or intensity (synset 105042508)
"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"is a type of: intensity, intensiveness - high level or degree; the property of being intensesubtypes:same as: force, forcefulness
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An asset of special worth or utility (synset 105166608)
"cooking is his forte"subtypes: green fingers, green thumb - a special ability to make plants grow
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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 (synset 105199100)
"the strength of his argument settled the matter"is a type of: power, powerfulness - possession of controlling influencesubtypes: convincingness - the power of argument or evidence to cause beliefsame as: persuasiveness
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The amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation) (synset 105107058)
"he adjusted the intensity of the sound"; "they measured the station's signal strength"is a type of: magnitude - the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)subtypes:
- radio brightness - the strength of a radio wave picked up by a radio telescope
- threshold level - the intensity level that is just barely perceptible
- field intensity, field strength - the vector sum of all the forces exerted by an electrical or magnetic field (on a unit mass or unit charge or unit magnetic pole) at a given point in the field
- candlepower, light intensity - luminous intensity measured in candelas
- acoustic power, sound pressure level - the physical intensity of sound
- half-intensity - half the maximum intensity
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Capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects (synset 105041380)
"the toxin's potency"; "the strength of the drinks"tells us about:is a type of: power, powerfulness - possession of controlling influencesame as: effectiveness, potency
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The condition of financial success (synset 114498140)
"the strength of the company's stock in recent weeks"is a type of: prosperity, successfulness - the condition of prospering; having good fortune
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Permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force (synset 105060839)
"they advertised the durability of their products"is a type of: permanence, permanency - the property of being able to exist for an indefinite durationsubtypes:
- tensile strength - the strength of material expressed as the greatest longitudinal stress it can bear without tearing apart
- indestructibility - the strength to resist destruction
- continuity, persistence - the property of a continuous and connected period of time
- changelessness - the property of remaining unchanged
- everlastingness - the property of lasting forever
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