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.
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.
Power of resisting attacks;
impregnability.
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.
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.
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?
Vigor or style; force of expression;
nervous diction; -- said of literary work.
Intensity; -- said of light or
color.
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.
A strong place; a stronghold.
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