STRENGTH

Definitions of strength in various dictionaries:

noun - the property of being physically or mentally strong

noun - capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war

noun - physical energy or intensity

noun - an asset of special worth or utility

noun - the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty

noun - the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)

noun - capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects

noun - the condition of financial success

noun - permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force

The state, property, or quality of being strong.

The power to resist attack; impregnability.

The power to resist strain or stress; durability.

The ability to maintain a moral or intellectual position firmly.

Capacity or potential for effective action: a show of strength.

The number of people constituting a normal or ideal organization: The police force has been at half strength since the budget cuts.

Military capability in terms of personnel and materiel: an army of fearsome strength.

A source of power or force.

One that is regarded as the embodiment of protective or supportive power; a support or mainstay.

An attribute or a quality of particular worth or utility; an asset.

Degree of concentration, distillation, or saturation; potency.

Operative effectiveness or potency.

Intensity, as of sound or light.

Intensity or vehemence, as of emotion or language.

Effective or binding force; efficacy: the strength of an argument.

Firmness of or a continuous rising tendency in prices, as on the stock market.

These noun s are compared as they denote the capacity to act or work effectively.

noun - capacity for exertion or endurance