Strain may refer to:
- Strain (biology), variants of plants, viruses or bacteria; or an inbred animal used for experimental purposes
- Strain (chemistry), a chemical stress of a molecule
- Deformation (mechanics), a geometrical measure of deformation representing the relative displacement between particles in a material body
- Strain (injury), an injury to a muscle in which the muscle fibers tear as a result of overstretching
- Strain (manga),a 1996 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
- Strain (album), a 2004 album by Flesh Field
- Strain, Arkansas
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Famous quotes containing the word strain:
“You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel!”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 23:24.
“She, too, would now swim down the river of matrimony with a beautiful name, and a handle to it, as the owner of a fine family property. Women’s rights was an excellent doctrine to preach, but for practice could not stand the strain of such temptation.”
—Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)
“And but for fancies, which aver
That all thy motions gently pass
Athwart a plane of molten glass,
I scarce could brook the strain and stir”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)