Noun | 1. | stress - the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable" |
2. | stress - (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor" | |
3. | stress - (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area" | |
4. | stress - special emphasis attached to something; "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed" Synonyms: focus | |
5. | stress - difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension; "she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"- R.J.Samuelson Synonyms: strain | |
Verb | 1. | stress - to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" |
2. | stress - put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word" Synonyms: accent, accentuate | |
3. | stress - test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!" |
STRESS - STRuctual Engineering Systems Solver. A system for structural analysis problems in Civil Engineering. STRESS was superseded by STRUDL. ["STRESS: A User's Manual", S.J. Fenves et al, MIT Press 1964]. [Sammet 1969, p. 612]. |