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Meaning of strength

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  strength
      n 1: the property of being physically or mentally strong;
           "fatigue sapped his strength" [ant: {weakness}]
      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"
         [syn: {military capability}, {military strength}, {strength},
         {military posture}, {posture}]
      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" [syn: {force}, {forcefulness}, {strength}]
      4: an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte"
         [syn: {forte}, {strong suit}, {long suit}, {metier},
         {specialty}, {speciality}, {strong point}, {strength}] [ant:
         {weak point}]
      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"
         [syn: {persuasiveness}, {strength}] [ant: {unpersuasiveness}]
      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" [syn:
         {intensity}, {strength}, {intensity level}]
      7: capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects;
         "the toxin's potency"; "the strength of the drinks" [syn:
         {potency}, {effectiveness}, {strength}]
      8: the condition of financial success; "the strength of the
         company's stock in recent weeks" [ant: {weakness}]
      9: permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force;
         "they advertised the durability of their products" [syn:
         {lastingness}, {durability}, {enduringness}, {strength}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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