The stronger part of the blade of a sword; the part of half nearest the hilt; -- opposed to foible.

The half of the blade nearest to the hilt; the strongest area of the blade.

the stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible

Loudly; strongly; powerfully.

used as a direction in music; to be played relatively loudly

Dynamic marking indicating that a particular portion of the score is to be played louder than the rest; usually represented by a fancy, lower-case "f" ( image). Found in: Molasses(liner notes only), Pyramid Song.

The Fast On-orbit Rapid Recording of Transient Events (FORTE) satellite was launched into low Earth orbit about 8:30 a.m. on August 29, 1997 on a Pegasus XL rocket. It was developed and launched by the Sandia National Laboratory and the Los Alamos National Laboratory as a testbed for technologies applicable to U.S. nuclear detonation detection systems. It has also been used to study lightning from space.

(music) with great loudness

used chiefly as a direction or description in music; "the forte passages in the composition"

Make warlike sounds. Forceful.

an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte"

The strong point; that in which one excels.