Some articles on exert:
... as analogous to a muscle Just as a muscle requires strength and energy to exert force over a period of time, acts that have high self-control demands also require strength and energy to perform ... of sustained exertion and have reduced capacity to exert further force, self-control can also become depleted when demands are made of self-control resources over a period of time ... When people expect to have to exert self-control later, they will curtail current performance more severely than if no such demands are anticipated ...
... in such a way that supported Congress's intent to allow Indian tribes to exert jurisdiction over nonmembers ... were citizens of the United States counseled against allowing tribes to exert jurisdiction over nonmembers ... he said, it would also be true that tribes could not exert jurisdiction over their own members either ...
... Advocacy groups can also exert influence through the assembly by lobbying ... employ professional lobbyists to try and exert influence in the assembly ... The judicial branch of government can also be used by advocacy groups to exert influence ...
... functionally—the great majority of psychoactive drugs exert their effects by altering the actions of some neurotransmitter systems, often acting through transmitters other than ... Addictive drugs such as cocaine and amphetamine exert their effects primarily on the dopamine system ... The addictive opiate drugs exert their effects primarily as functional analogs of opioid peptides, which, in turn, regulate dopamine levels ...
... that the maximum force one's muscles can exert decreases exponentially from the time one begins continuously exerting the force ... law applies to maximum force, the inverse is true as well the less force one is asked to exert, the longer one will be able to exert that force before their muscles become fatigued ... If one is asked to exert zero force, they can theoretically hold the position indefinitely ...
More definitions of "exert":
- (verb): Make a great effort at a mental or physical task.
Example: "Exert oneself"
Famous quotes containing the word exert:
“The Spirit of Place [does not] exert its full influence upon a newcomer until the old inhabitant is dead or absorbed. So America.... The moment the last nuclei of Red [Indian] life break up in America, then the white men will have to reckon with the full force of the demon of the continent.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“Freudianism is much more nearly a religion than a science, inasmuch as the relation between analyst and patient has a great deal in common with that between priest and communicant at confessional, and such ideas as the Oedipus complex, the superego, the libido, and the id exert an effect upon the converted which is almost identical with what flows to the devout Christian from godhead, trinity, grace, and immortality.”
—Robert Nisbet (b. 1913)
“A person of definite character and purpose who comprehends our way of thought is sure to exert power over us. He cannot altogether be resisted; because, if he understands us, he can make us understand him, through the word, the look, or other symbol, which both of us connect with the common sentiment or idea; and thus by communicating an impulse he can move the will.”
—Charles Horton Cooley (1864–1929)