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strain noun

  /stɹeɪn/
  • (biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
 kanta, lajike, rotu
  • (archaic) Race; lineage, pedigree.
 kanta, lajike, suku, sukujuuri
  • (figurative) Hereditary character, quality, tendency, or disposition.
 perintö, taipumus
  • (music, poetry) Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, etc.
 taipumus, tyyppi
  • (rare) A kind or sort (of person etc.).
 tyyppi

strain verb

  /stɹeɪn/
  • (transitive) To separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander.
 siivilöidä
  • (transitive) To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.
 kuormittaa, rasittaa
  • (ambitransitive) To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable.
 venäyttää

strain noun

  /stɹeɪn/
  • (obsolete) The track of a deer.
 hirven jälki
  • A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles.
 jännitys, ponnistus
  • The act of straining, or the state of being strained.
 rasitus
  • (uncountable, engineering) A dimensionless measure of object deformation either referring to engineering strain or true strain.
 venyminen, venymä
  • An injury resulting from violent effort; a sprain.
 venähdys

strained adjective

  /stɹeɪ̯nd/
  • Under tension; tense.
 kireä
repetitive strain injury
rasitusvamma
breaking strain
murtojännitys
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