The act by which one strains. (muscles, etc) / filtering, the process of passing something through a strainer.

Full of strain; requiring or exacting great effort; strenuous; stressful.

A surname.

plural of Strain

(chemistry) In medium-sized ring compounds, the strain due to repulsive interactions between substituents attached to non-adjacent ring atoms.

A layer of silicon atoms deposited onto a substrate of silicon germanium constrained to be wider apart than normal; this decreases resistance and increases performance when made into a chip.

plural 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.

(physics) The potential energy stored in a body due to elastic deformation

(physics) The relative elongation of a material when subjected to tension.