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Definition of Stamina
1. Noun. Enduring strength and energy.
Definition of Stamina
1. n. pl. See Stamen.
2. n. pl. The fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives it strength and solidity; as, the bones are the stamina of animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina which constitute their strength.
Definition of Stamina
1. Noun. (uncountable now considered singular) The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc. ¹
2. Noun. (botany rare) (plural of stamen) ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete as plural) The basic elements of a thing; rudimentary structures or qualities. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stamina
1. endurance [n -S] : STAMINAL [adj] - See also: endurance
Medical Definition of Stamina
1. 1. The fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives it strength and solidity; as, the bones are the stamina of animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina which constitute their strength. 2. Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of anything; power of endurance; backbone; vigor; as, the stamina of a constitution or of life; the stamina of a State. "He succeeded to great captains who had sapped the whole stamina and resistance of the contest." (De Quincey) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stamina
Literary usage of Stamina
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Vegetable Kingdom: Embracing the Physiology of Plants, with by William Rhind (1857)
"The stamina, when disunited from the pistil, may be free and distinct from each
other; ... The free and distinct stamina are equal or unequal to each other. ..."
2. A New History of Painting in Italy: From the II to the XVI Century by Joseph Archer Crowe, Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle (1908)
"Yet this at first sight would seem to be but a deduction from the assertions of
Vasari, a historian prone to error, as we all know, for of stamina not a ..."
3. Elements of Botany by Robert John Thornton (1812)
"I. Classes taken from the Number of stamina. ... I. A Class taken from the
obscurity of the stamina. XIII. ..."
4. Companion to the Botanical Magazine: Being a Journal, Containing Such by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1836)
"... although I have not been able to ascertain very precisely the form of the
corolla or the number of stamina. Paulownia Zuccarini, and Rehmannia Fisch, ..."
5. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1819)
"... the stamina have three capillary filaments with oblong anthers ... and longer
than the calyx ; the stamina are capillary filaments, inserted into the ..."
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