n.
1.the property of being physically or mentally strong
2.capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
3.physical energy or intensity
4.an asset of special worth or utility
5.the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty
6.the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)
7.capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
8.the condition of financial success
9.permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force
Idiom of the Day
a holy terror
a very disobedient or unruly child
The little boy is a holy terror and his parents do not like to take him anywhere.
