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Rupture Strength: The greatest stress that a material can sustain without fracturing at one atmosphere pressure.

Strength: Amount of force a muscle or muscle group can exert against resistance.

Shear Strength: The characteristic of a material to resist shear forces.

Strength Of Current: Phase of tidal current in which the speed is a maximum; also the speed at this time. Beginning with slack before flood in the period of a reversing tidal current (or minimum before flood in . . . View Full Definition

Strength Training: Process of exercising a muscle using resistance weight training to increase muscular strenght.

Yield Strength: The stress at the uppermost point on the straight-line portion of the stressstrain curve. Stress imposed on the sample below this level produces no permanent lengthening and stress can vary . . . View Full Definition

Ultimate Tensile Strength (UTS): The maximum tensile stress a material placed in tension can bear without breaking.

Tensile Strength: The resistance to breaking exhibited by a material when subjected to a pulling stress. Measured in lb/in² or kPa.

Rupture: Tearing apart of a tissue.

Relative Strength: Movement of a stock price over the past year as compared to a market index (like the S&P 500). A value below 1.0 means the stock shows relative weakness in price movement (underperformed the . . . View Full Definition