Tensile strength: alternatives and connections

As a prefix ad- assumes the forms ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-, assimilating the d with the first letter of the word to…

Before in place, or beforehand in time; -- used for advanced; as, an advance guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army;…

To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.

To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.

To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a t…

A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a f…

The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produce…

A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m…

To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.

To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to…

(physics) a force due to the earth's rotation; acts on a body in motion (airplane or projectile) in a rotating reference frame; in a r…

An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force.

Any substance, as bismuth, glass, phosphorous, etc., which in a field of magnetic force is differently affected from the ordinary magn…

A prefix from the Latin, whence F. des, or sometimes de-, dis-. The Latin dis-appears as di-before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, v, becomes dif…

To pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling; as, a horse draws well; the sails of a ship…

A prefix signifying in or into, used in many English words, chiefly those borrowed from the French. Some English words are written ind…

The standard unit of electrical capacity; the capacity of a condenser whose charge, having an electro-motive force of one volt, is equ…

Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the roofing; also,…