Strain Information
| Look up strain in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
Strain can refer to:
- Strain (biology), a variant of a plant, virus or bacterium; or an inbred animal used for experimental purposes
- Strain (chemistry), a chemical stress of a molecule. The effects of strain on a compound can be measured using dynamic mechanical analysis.
- Deformation (mechanics), a geometrical measure of deformation representing the relative displacement between particles in a material body, i.e. a measure of how much a given displacement differs locally from a rigid-body displacement.
- Strain (injury), an injury to a muscle in which the muscle fibers tear as a result of over stretching
- Strain (manga), manga written by Yoshiyuki Okamura, and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami
- Strain (music), a series of musical phrases that create a distinct melody of a piece
People
See also
- Strain 121, a microbe that can thrive at temperatures of 121 °C
- Ames strain, a strain of anthrax
- Strain theory, of which there are several
- Ring strain, another chemical concept
- Shear strain, a strain that acts parallel to the face of a material that it is acting on
- The Andromeda Strain is a science fiction book and movie adaptation
- Strained tendon, a German band
- The Acacia Strain, an American band
- Lunar Strain, the 1994 music album by In Flames
- New business strain, a financial concept
- Strainer, a type of sieve used to separate solids from liquids, e.g. in cooking.
- Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry, a 2006 anime
| This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. |
|