| Sounds | streh'ngkth; streh'ngth | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | length | |
| length ... wavelength: 3 rhymes with ehngth... | ||
| Meaning | capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "we faced an army of great strength" | |
| Synonyms | military capability, military strength, military posture, posture | |
| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
| Narrower | firepower | (military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target |
| sea power | naval strength | |
| Broader | capability, capableness | The quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally |
| Meaning | Physical energy or intensity. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale" | |
| Synonyms | force, forcefulness | |
| Narrower | brunt | main force of a blow etc |
| energy, vigor, vigour, zip | forceful exertion | |
| momentum, impulse | An impelling force or strength | |
| Broader | intensity, intensiveness | high level or degree |
| Spanish | fuerza, vigor | |
| Catalan | força, vigor | |
| Meaning | An asset of special worth or utility. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | forte, strong suit, long suit, metier, specialty, speciality, strong point | |
| Narrower | green thumb, green fingers | A special ability to make plants grow |
| Broader | asset, plus | A useful or valuable quality |
| Opposite | weak point | An attribute that is inadequate or deficient |
| Spanish | especialidad, especialización, fuerte, oficio, punto fuerte | |
| Catalan | fort | |
| Meaning | The power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument / argument or entreaty. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the strength of his argument settled the matter" | |
| Synonym | persuasiveness | |
| Narrower | convincingness | The power of argument or evidence to cause belief |
| Broader | power, powerfulness | possession of controlling influence |
| Opposite | unpersuasiveness | inability to persuade |
| Spanish | persuasiva | |
| Catalan | persuasibilitat | |
| Meaning | The amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation). | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "they measured the station's signal strength" | |
| Synonyms | intensity, intensity level | |
| Narrower | acoustic power, sound pressure level | The physical intensity of sound |
| candlepower, light intensity | luminous intensity measured in candelas | |
| field strength, field intensity | 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 | |
| half-intensity | half the maximum intensity | |
| radio brightness | The strength of a radio wave picked up by a radio telescope | |
| threshold level | The intensity level that is just barely perceptible | |
| Broader | magnitude | The property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) |
| Spanish | fuerza, intensidad | |
| Catalan | força, intensitat | |
| Meaning | Capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the strength of the drinks" | |
| Synonyms | potency, effectiveness | |
| Attributes | impotent | lacking power or ability |
| potent, strong, stiff | Having a strong physiological or chemical effect | |
| Broader | power, powerfulness | possession of controlling influence |
| Spanish | eficacia, fuerza, potencia | |
| Catalan | eficàcia, potència | |
| Meaning | The condition of financial success. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the strength of the company's stock in recent weeks" | |
| Broader | prosperity, successfulness | The condition of prospering |
| Opposite | weakness | The condition of being financially weak |
| Meaning | permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress / stress or force. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | lastingness, durability, enduringness | |
| Narrower | changelessness | The property of remaining unchanged |
| continuity, persistence | The property of a continuous and connected period of time | |
| everlastingness | The property of lasting / lasting forever | |
| indestructibility | The strength to resist destruction | |
| tensile strength | The strength of material expressed as the greatest longitudinal stress it can bear without tearing apart | |
| Broader | permanence, permanency | The property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration |
| Spanish | durabilidad | |
| Catalan | durabilitat | |
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