Full of strain; requiring or exacting great effort; strenuous; stressful.

plural of straining

A surname.

plural of Strain

A layer of silicon atoms deposited onto a substrate of silicon germanium constrained to be wider apart than normal; this decreases resistance and increases performance when made into a chip.

(archaic, rare) dim-witted; lacking intelligence

plural of strain gauge

A device that measures the strain in a structural element by measuring changes in electrical resistance of a sensor attached to the element under investigation.

(physics) The potential energy stored in a body due to elastic deformation

(chemistry) In medium-sized ring compounds, the strain due to repulsive interactions between substituents attached to non-adjacent ring atoms.