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Beautiful. One of three C18 aesthetic categories, with the Picturesque and the Sublime. Edmund Burke, in his A Philosophical Enquiry into t… Beauty , Beauty
BEAUTY is said to be a property of an object that produces an aesthetic pleasure; this pleasure is a subjective response to a beautiful object… strength , strength / streng(k)[unvoicedth]; stren[unvoicedth]/ • n. 1. the quality or state of being strong, in particular: ∎ physical power and energy: cyclin… Beauty Contests , beauty contests In its modern form, the beauty contest is an American product. The selection of a woman as a symbol of community solidarity and ferti… bel canto , bel can·to / bel ˈkäntō; ˈkan-/ • n. a lyrical style of operatic singing using a full rich broad tone and smooth phrasing: a superb piece of bel cant… Tensile Strength , tensile strength The strength of a substance (e.g. rock) under tension. It can be measured by loading cylindrical samples under tension until failure…
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