strain after

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strain after something

[for a singer] to work very hard to reach a very high or a very low note. Don't strain after the note. Let it come naturally, like a cooling breeze. She was straining after each note as if it hurt her to sing, which it probably did.

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The observation of the full recovery of the ratcheting strain after stress removal confirms the viscoelastic nature of the ratcheting strain. Cyclic deformation behavior of an epoxy polymer. Part I: experimental ... by Shen, Xinghe; Xia, Zihui; Ellyin, Fernand / Polymer Engineering and Science Both exhibited nonlinearity at stress levels that were lower than the yield strength and decreasing stress level with increasing strain after yielding. Effects of temperature and strain rate on the tensile behavior of ... by Zhou, Yuanxin; Mallick, P.K. / Polymer Engineering and Science On the other hand, for the amorphous polymers of PMMA, PC, and poly(vinylchloride) (PVC), the stress decreases with an increase in the applied strain after exceeding its peak. Stress-strain curves for solid polymers by Kitagawa, Masayoshi; Zhou, Dexin; Qiu, Jianhui / Polymer Engineering and Science			storm around storm at storm in storm is brewing storm out story stow away straddle the fence straight straight as an arrow straight dope straight face straight from the shoulder straight low straight man straight out straight shooter straight talk straight up straightaway straighten straighten out straighten up straighten up and fly right strain strain after strain at gnats and swallow camels strain at the leash strain away strain every nerve strain for an effect strain off of strain through strait strand on strange strangely enough stranger stranger to strangle at birth strap strap down strap in strap on to strapped for straw straw in the wind straw man stray stray in stray onto			Straik strain strain strain strain strain strain strain 19 strain 19 strain 19 19 vaccine strain 19 Brucella abortus strain 19 Brucella abortus strain 19 Brucella abortus strain 19 Brucella abortus strain 2 Brucella suis strain 2 Brucella suis strain 2 Brucella suis strain 2 Brucella suis strain 45/20 Brucella abortus strain 45/20 Brucella abortus strain 45/20 Brucella abortus strain 45/20 Brucella abortus strain 51 Salmonella dublin strain 51 Salmonella dublin strain 51 Salmonella dublin strain 51 Salmonella dublin strain 9R Salmonella gallinarium strain 9R Salmonella gallinarium strain 9R Salmonella gallinarium strain 9R Salmonella gallinarium strain after strain aging strain at gnats and swallow camels strain at the leash strain away strain axis strain bursts Strain Compensated Layer Strain Distribution Pattern strain ellipsoid Strain energy Strain Energy Density Strain Energy Partitioning Strain Energy Release Rate strain every nerve strain every nerve strain every nerve strain every nerve strain every nerve strain figure strain foil strain for an effect strain fracture strain gage strain gage strain gage Strain Gage Electronics strain gauge strain gauge strain gauges strain gauges

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