breaking strain

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• Breaking Strain (short story) — Breaking Strain, also known as Thirty Seconds Thirty Days, is a short story by Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1949. It was adapted into a movie in 1994 under the title [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108380/ Trapped in Space] .Plot… …   Wikipedia

• breaking strain — the maximum strength of a fishing line measured in pounds or kilogrammes as given by the manufacturer, the point at which the fishing line breaks …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• breaking force — breaking strain …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• breaking load — breaking strain …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• breaking strength — breaking strain …   Dictionary of ichthyology

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• breaking point — n. 1. the point at which material breaks under strain 2. the point at which one s endurance, self control, etc. collapses under trial …   English World dictionary

• strain — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 severe demand on strength, resources, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, enormous, great, heavy, real, severe, terrible, tremendous ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• strain — 01. I [strained] my back picking up a large box while we were moving into our new apartment. 02. His long hours at work have really put a [strain] on his marriage. 03. The medical system in this province is under severe [strain], with many… …   Grammatical examples in English

• strain — Synonyms and related words: Spenserian stanza, abrade, affectation, affiliation, agitation, aim, air, all overs, anacrusis, ancestry, angst, animal kingdom, animus, antistrophe, anxiety, anxiety hysteria, anxiety neurosis, anxious bench, anxious… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Breaking — Break Break (br[=a]k), v. t. [imp. {broke} (br[=o]k), (Obs. {Brake}); p. p. {Broken} (br[=o] k n), (Obs. {Broke}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaking}.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to creak …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English