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.
“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)
“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)