stress : Idioms & Phrases


Lateral pressure or stress

  • (Mech.), a pressure or stress at right angles to the length, as of a beam or bridge; distinguished from longitudinal pressure or stress.
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posttraumatic stress disorder

  • noun an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images
    PTSD.
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Radical stress

  • (Elocution), force of utterance falling on the initial part of a syllable or sound.
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sentence stress

  • noun the distribution of stresses within a sentence
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Storm-and-stress period

  • a translation of G. sturm und drang periode, a designation given to the literary agitation and revolutionary development in Germany under the lead of Goethe and Schiller in the latter part of the 18th century.
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stress fracture

  • noun fracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury
    fatigue fracture.
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stress incontinence

  • noun urinary incontinence that occurs when involuntary pressure is put on the bladder by coughing or laughing or sneezing or lifting or straining
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stress mark

  • noun a mark indicating the stress on a syllable
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Stress of voice

  • unusual exertion of the voice.
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Stress of weather

  • constraint imposed by continued bad weather; as, to be driven back to port by stress of weather.
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stress test

  • noun a test measuring how a system functions when subjected to controlled amounts of stress
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Tangential stress

  • . (Engin.) See Shear, n., 3.
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To lay stress upon

  • to attach great importance to; to emphasize. "Consider how great a stress is laid upon this duty." Atterbury.
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To put stress upon, ∨ To put to a stress

  • to strain.
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Unit stress

  • (Mech. Physics), stress per unit of area; intensity of stress. It is expressed in ounces, pounds, tons, etc., per square inch, square foot, or square yard, etc., or in atmospheres, or inches of mercury or water, or the like.
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Vanishing stress

  • (Phon.), stress of voice upon the closing portion of a syllable. Rush.
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word stress

  • noun the distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word
    word accent.
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