Strong
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Strong is a generic adjective pertaining to strength. It is the opposite of weak. Its comparative form is stronger, and the superlative is strongest.
Strong may also refer to:
[edit] General usage
- Strong acid
- Strong agnosticism
- Strong AI
- Strong atheism
- Strong cardinal
- Strong coloring
- Strong convergence
- Strong CP problem
- Strong cryptography
- Strong inflection (linguistics)
- Strong interaction (Strong force)
- Strong key
- Strong language
- Strong operator topology
- Strong priors
- Strong program
- Strong RSA assumption
- Strong symptoms
- Tensile strength, a concept in materials science
[edit] Famous people
[edit] Strong (surname)
- Barrett Strong (1941—), American Motown singer and songwriter
- Brenda Strong (1958—), American actress
- Caleb Strong (1745–1819), American politician, Massachusetts statesman
- Danny Strong (1974—), American actor
- George V. Strong (1880–1946), American army general
- George Strong (VC) (c. 1836–[?]), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- George Templeton Strong (1820-1875), American lawyer and diarist
- George Templeton Strong (1856-1948), American composer
- Gwyneth Strong (1959—), British actress
- Henry Strong (18??–1919), American businessman, president of the Eastman Kodak Company 1884–1919
- Henry Strong (ATSF) (19th century), American railroad man
- Jamal Strong (1978—), American professional baseball player
- James Strong (theologian) (1822-1894), American Methodist biblical scholar, creator of Strong's Concordance
- James Hooker Strong (1814–1882), American US Navy admiral
- John Franklin Alexander Strong (1856–1929), American politician, Governor of Alaska Territory 1913–1918
- Joseph Dwight Strong (1852-1899), American painter
- Josiah Strong (1847–1916), American clergyman and author
- Ken Strong (1906–1979), American professional football player
- Leonard Strong (1896–1958), English writer, novelist, journalist, and poet
- Maurice Strong (1929—), Canadian industrialist, Secretary-General of the UN Earth Summit
- Nathan Leroy Strong (1859-1939), US congressman from Pennsylvania
- Rider Strong (1979—), American actor
- Roy Strong (1935—), English arts curator, writer, broadcaster and garden designer
- Samuel Henry Strong (1825–1909), Canadian judge, Chief Justice of Canada
- Shiloh Strong (contemporary), American actor
- Tara Strong (1973—), Canadian voice actress
- William Strong (1763-1840), American congressman and judge from Vermont
- William Strong (judge) (1808–1895), American jurist, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court
- William Barstow Strong (1837–1914), American railroad executive
- William Duncan Strong (1899–1962), American archaeologist and anthropologist
- William L. Strong (1827–1900), American politician, mayor of New York City 1895–1897
[edit] Strong (descriptive name)
- Magnus the Strong (1106–1134), Danish prince, pretender to the throne
- Robert the Strong ([?]–866), French nobleman
- Styrbjörn the Strong (c. 960–c. 984), Viking hero in the old Norse sagas
[edit] Strong (given name)
- Strong Vincent (1837-1863), Union general during the American Civil War, killed at the Battle of Gettysburg
[edit] Fictional persons
- Ale the Strong, character in Norse mythology
- Strong Bad, character in the fictional world of Homestar Runner
- Strong Mad, character in the fictional world of Homestar Runner
- Strong Sad, character in the fictional world of Homestar Runner
- Tom Strong, character in a comic book series for America’s Best Comics
- Captain Strong, a character in the video game EarthBound.
[edit] Place names
Strong is also the name of several place in the United States:
[edit] Other
- Christopher Strong, 1933 American film starring Katharine Hepburn
- Strong Medicine, television series on the Lifetime network
- Strong's Concordance, concordance of the King James Bible
- Strong Memorial Hospital, hospital at University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York, USA
- Strong - National Museum of Play, museum in Rochester, New York, USA
- Strong Poison, 1931 novel by Dorothy L. Sayers
- USS Strong (DD-467), destroyer of the US Navy (1942–1943)
- USS Strong (DD-758), destroyer of the US Navy (1945–1973)
<strong></strong>, an HTML element- Strong (album), a 2004 album by Tracy Lawrence
- Strong Interest Inventory, a popular psychological test for career guidance or assessment
[edit] See also
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