Strain

"Strain" in French

claquage

(injury resulting from violent effort)

déformation

(engineering: measure of object deformation)

hérédité

(hereditary character, quality, or disposition)

pression

(act of straining, or the state of being strained)

race

(race, lineage, pedigree)

race

(particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)

souche

(particular variety of microbe, organism etc.)

tension

(act of straining, or the state of being strained)

variété

(race, lineage, pedigree)

élongation

(injury resulting from violent effort)

étirer

(to stretch too far)

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