Strength may refer to:

Personal trait

Physical strength Physical strength is the measure of an individual's exertion of force on physical objects. Increasing physical strength is the goal of strength training. Overview An individual's physical strength is determined by two factors: the cross-section ...

, as in people or animals *Character strengths like those listed in the Values in Action Inventory *The exercise of willpower

Physics

Mechanical strength Mechanical may refer to: Machine * Machine (mechanical), a system of mechanisms that shape the actuator input to achieve a specific application of output forces and movement * Mechanical calculator, a device used to perform the basic operations of ...

, the ability to withstand an applied stress or load without structural failure **

Compressive strength In mechanics, compressive strength (or compression strength) is the capacity of a material or Structural system, structure to withstand Structural load, loads tending to reduce size (Compression (physics), compression). It is opposed to ''tensil ...

, the capacity to withstand axially directed pushing forces **

Tensile strength Ultimate tensile strength (also called UTS, tensile strength, TS, ultimate strength or F_\text in notation) is the maximum stress that a material can withstand while being stretched or pulled before breaking. In brittle materials, the ultimate ...

, the maximum stress while being stretched or pulled before necking **

Shear strength In engineering, shear strength is the strength of a material or component against the type of yield or structural failure when the material or component fails in shear. A shear load is a force that tends to produce a sliding failure on a mater ...

, the ability to withstand shearing * Strength (explosive), the ability of an explosive to move surrounding material *

Field strength In physics, field strength refers to a value in a vector-valued field (e.g., in volts per meter, V/m, for an electric field ''E''). For example, an electromagnetic field has both electric field strength and magnetic field strength. Field str ...

, the magnitude of a field's vector *

Signal strength In telecommunications, particularly in radio frequency engineering, signal strength is the transmitter power output as received by a reference antenna at a distance from the transmitting antenna. High-powered transmissions, such as those used i ...

, in telecommunications *

Strength (material) Strength may refer to: Personal trait *Physical strength, as in people or animals *Character strengths like those listed in the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths, Values in Action Inventory *The exercise of Self-control, willpower Phys ...

, the behavior of solid objects subject to stresses and strains

Music

* Strength (American band), a band from Portland, Oregon * Strength (Japanese band), a band from Sendai, Miyagi, Japan * ''Strength'' (The Alarm album), 1985 * ''Strength'' (Enuff Z'nuff album), 1991 *''Strength'', an album by Asiatic Warriors *''Strength'', an album by Chris Rene *''Strength'', an album by

The RH Factor Roy Anthony Hargrove (October 16, 1969 – November 2, 2018) was an American jazz musician and composer whose principal instruments were the trumpet and flugelhorn. He achieved critical acclaim after winning two Grammy Awards for differing styles ...

*''Strength'', an album by The Violet Burning, 1992 *''Strength'', an album by Unto Others (band), 2021 *"Strength", a song by the Alarm from ''Strength'', 1985 *"Strength", a song by Abingdon Boys School *"Strength", a song by

Eminem Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem, is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Regarded as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time, he is credited with popula ...

*"Strength", a song by the Gear Daddies from ''

Let's Go Scare Al ''Let's Go Scare Al'' is the first album by the American band the Gear Daddies. The album was released in 1988 on the Gark record label, and re-released in 1990 on Polygram Records. Critical reception The ''Chicago Tribune The ''Chicago ...

'', 1988 *"Strength", a song by Ignite *"Strength", a song by

Information Society An information society is a society or subculture where the usage, Content creation, creation, information distribution, distribution, manipulation and information integration, integration of information is a significant activity. Its main drive ...

*"Strength", a song by Screaming Jets from '' World Gone Crazy'', 1997 *"Strength", a song by

Zebrahead Zebrahead is an American rock band from La Habra, California, formed in 1996. The group's current line-up comprises rapper Ali Tabatabaee, bassist Ben Osmundson, drummer Ed Udhus, lead guitarist Dan Palmer and lead vocalist and rhythm guita ...

Other

Strength (cryptography) In cryptography, security level is a measure of the strength that a cryptographic primitive — such as a cipher or hash function — achieves. Security level is usually expressed as a number of " bits of security" (also security streng ...

Strength (mathematical logic) The relative strength of two systems of formal logic can be defined via model theory In mathematical logic, model theory is the study of the relationship between theory (mathematical logic), formal theories (a collection of Sentence (mathemati ...

, in model theory * Strength (Tarot card), numbered either XI or VIII *, a U.S. Navy ship *The

manpower Human resources (HR) is the set of people who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, industry, or economy. A narrower concept is human capital, the knowledge and skills which the individuals command. Similar terms include ...

and equipment fielded by a military unit, i.e. full-strength, half-strength etc.

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