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Phrases 34
- strain reliefExtra casing on an electric cord that prevents it from bending at extreme angles and accruing damage.
- breaking strainThe amount of strain which can cause something to break, according to the force or weight placed on it. Many materials, such as lines and ropes, have a specified breaking strain.
- strain gaugeA device that measures the strain in a structural element by measuring changes in electrical resistance of a sensor attached to the element under investigation.
- yield strainThe amount of strain corresponding to the yield point; the minimum deformation required to cause a material to deform plastically (irreversibly).
- Andromeda strainAny microorganism whose release and spread could cause a public health catastrophe.
- Delta strainSynonym of Delta variant: The highly virulent B.1.617.2 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.
- engineering strainA dimensionless measure of object deformation; the ratio of the object's deformed length to its initial length, along some axis.
- eye-strainAlternative spelling of eyestrain: Tiredness or pain in the eyes, sometimes accompanied by headache, caused by excessive or improper use of the eyes, or by uncorrected defects of vision.
- strain energyThe potential energy stored in a body due to elastic deformation
- strain rateThe change in strain (deformation) of a material with respect to time.
- true strainA dimensionless measure of object deformation; the natural logarithm of the ratio of the object's deformed length to its initial length, along some axis.
- repetitive strain injuryAn injury to muscles and tendons caused by continuous repetitive use of particular muscle groups, especially in one's arms and hands, for example by using a keyboard or mouse, playing a musical instrument or working on an assembly line.
- oblique strainA common baseball injury, affecting the contralateral side external oblique, or the trailing internal oblique.
- strain gaugesplural of strain gauge: A device that measures the strain in a structural element by measuring changes in electrical resistance of a sensor attached to the element under investigation.
- tensile strainThe relative elongation of a material when subjected to tension.
- strain hardeningSynonym of work hardening: The repeated plastic deformation of a material, causing a permanent distortion of its crystal structure, and an increase in its strength and hardness; the resultant hardness increase itself. (It can be either …
- strain insulatorAn electrical insulator designed to work under mechanical tension, to withstand the pull of a suspended wire or cable.
- Omicron strainSynonym of Omicron variant: The highly virulent B.1.1.529 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.
- van der Waals strainThe strain resulting from van der Waals repulsion when two substituents in a molecule approach each other with a distance less than the sum of their van der Waals radii.
- transannular strainIn medium-sized ring compounds, the strain due to repulsive interactions between substituents attached to non-adjacent ring atoms.
- strain courtesyTo go beyond what courtesy requires; to insist somewhat too much upon the precedence of others.
- multi-strainAlternative form of multistrain: Of many strains (in various senses).
- strain ratesplural of strain rate: The change in strain (deformation) of a material with respect to time.
- strain a pointTo make a special effort; especially, to do a degree of violence to some principle or to one's own feelings.
- strain every nerveTo make every possible effort to do something; to do one's utmost.
Compound words 38
- restrainTo control or keep in check.
- strainerA device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used to strain a liquid.
- eyestrainTiredness or pain in the eyes, sometimes accompanied by headache, caused by excessive or improper use of the eyes, or by uncorrected defects of vision.
- overstrainTo subject to an excessive demand on strength, resources, abilities, or the imagination.
- withstrainTo restrain.
- strainfulFull of strain; requiring or exacting great effort; strenuous; stressful.
- astrainstrained or straining
- outstrainTo outdo by straining.
- strainsomeCharacterised or marked by straining
- eigenstrainA residual strain produced without an external force