Strength
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"Right is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must." -- Thucydides |
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Strength is the opposite of weakness.
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Physical strength
- Physical strength, as in people or animals
- Superhuman strength, great physical strength far above human capability
- A common character attribute in role-playing games
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As an abstract or psychological trait
- Character Strengths like those listed in the Values in Action Inventory
- Virtue and moral uprightness
- Courage or fortitude in the face of moral, physical, emotional, or social adversity
- Persuasiveness of an argument
- The exercise of willpower
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Politics and statecraft
- Party strengths, see political party
- Military strength
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Physics
- Strength, ability to withstand an applied stress without failure
- Compressive strength, capacity to withstand axially directed pushing forces
- Tensile strength, maximum stress while being stretched or pulled before necking
- Shear strength, the ability to withstand shearing
- Strength of materials
- Strength (explosive), the ability of an explosive to move surrounding material
- Field strength, the magnitude of a field's vector
- Signal strength, the magnitude of an electric field at a reference point
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See also
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