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Definition of Overstraining
1. overstrain [v] - See also: overstrain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overstraining
Literary usage of Overstraining
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Strength of Materials by James Alfred Ewing (1906)
"Breakdown and Recovery of Elasticity after overstraining. Further, a piece of
iron or steel which has been overstrained, so that permanent set has been ..."
2. The Biology of War by Georg Friedrich Nicolai (1919)
"overstraining of Adaptability The future of Europe, indeed perhaps of the world,
seemed within our grasp. And we threw it away because—well, simply because ..."
3. Observations in the East: Chiefly in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor by John Price Durbin (1845)
"overstraining of Prophecy. IT now remained for us, before ending our examination
of the cliffs surrounding the city, to visit El-Deir, the most splendid ..."
4. Observations in the East: Chiefly in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor by John Price Durbin (1845)
"overstraining of Prophecy. IT now remained for us, before ending our examination
of the cliffs surrounding the city, to visit El-Deir, the most splendid ..."
5. Talks on Pedagogics: An Outline of the Theory of Concentration by Francis Wayland Parker (1894)
"overstraining. Grace and awkwardness. Order of development. Equilibrium.
"With measured beats and slow." He holds the hammer handle loosely in his hands, ..."
6. Thoughts on Preaching: Specially in Relation to the Requirements of the Age by Daniel Moore (1861)
"... delivery among the ancients—Modern practice on the Continent and among
Dissenters—The voice—- Physical danger of overstraining it—The only qualification ..."
7. A Dictionary of Domestic Medicine: Giving a Description of Diseases by John Henry Clarke (1901)
"A chronic form of sore throat, due to repeated attacks of acute inflammation,
from overstraining in speaking or singing, or from constitutional weakness, ..."
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