Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web
 
Help
Related Searches
Synonyms
Nearby Words

stress

 - 14 dictionary results
Major Depression Symptoms
Find Out About a Treatment Plan To Help Manage Depression Symptoms.
www.MoreForDepression.com
Dr. Zen's - Liquid Calm
Managing Stress - Instant Relaxation $39.95 for 12 Bottles! - Buy Now
www.LiquidCalm.com
Used Textbook Marketplace
Millions of Titles in Stock, Save up to 90%, Buy Used & Save Today
ValoreBooks.com/ISBN/9780495093367

stress

  [stres]
Use stress in a Sentence
–noun
1. importance or significance attached to a thing; emphasis: to lay stress upon good manners.
2. Phonetics. emphasis in the form of prominent relative loudness of a syllable or a word as a result of special effort in utterance.
3. Prosody. accent or emphasis on syllables in a metrical pattern; beat.
4. emphasis in melody, rhythm, etc.; beat.
5. the physical pressure, pull, or other force exerted on one thing by another; strain.
6. Mechanics.
a. the action on a body of any system of balanced forces whereby strain or deformation results.
b. the amount of stress, usually measured in pounds per square inch or in pascals.
c. a load, force, or system of forces producing a strain.
d. the internal resistance or reaction of an elastic body to the external forces applied to it.
e. the ratio of force to area.
7. Physiology. a specific response by the body to a stimulus, as fear or pain, that disturbs or interferes with the normal physiological equilibrium of an organism.
8. physical, mental, or emotional strain or tension: Worry over his job and his wife's health put him under a great stress.
9. a situation, occurrence, or factor causing this: The stress of being trapped in the elevator gave him a pounding headache.
10. Archaic. strong or straining exertion.
–verb (used with object)
11. to lay stress on; emphasize.
12. Phonetics. to pronounce (a syllable or a word) with prominent loudness: Stress the first syllable of “runner.” Stress the second word in “put up with.” Compare accent (def. 18).
13. to subject to stress or strain.
14. Mechanics. to subject to stress.
Origin:
1275–1325; (n.) ME stresse, aph. var. of distresse distress; (v.) deriv. of the n.

Related forms:
stressless, adjective
stress⋅less⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
8. anxiety, burden, pressure, worry.
Major Depression Symptoms
Find Out About a Treatment Plan To Help Manage Depression Symptoms.
www.MoreForDepression.com
Dr. Zen's - Liquid Calm
Managing Stress - Instant Relaxation $39.95 for 12 Bottles! - Buy Now
www.LiquidCalm.com

-stress

 
a feminine equivalent of -ster: seamstress; songstress.
Origin:
-st(e)r + -ess
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To stress
stress   (strěs)   
n.  

  1. Importance, significance, or emphasis placed on something. See Synonyms at emphasis.

  2. Linguistics

    1. The relative force with which a sound or syllable is spoken.

    2. The emphasis placed on the sound or syllable spoken most forcefully in a word or phrase.

    3. The relative force of sound or emphasis given a syllable or word in accordance with a metrical pattern.

    4. A syllable having strong relative emphasis in a metrical pattern.

    5. An applied force or system of forces that tends to strain or deform a body.

    6. The internal resistance of a body to such an applied force or system of forces.

    7. A mentally or emotionally disruptive or upsetting condition occurring in response to adverse external influences and capable of affecting physical health, usually characterized by increased heart rate, a rise in blood pressure, muscular tension, irritability, and depression.

    8. A stimulus or circumstance causing such a condition.

    1. The relative force of sound or emphasis given a syllable or word in accordance with a metrical pattern.

    2. A syllable having strong relative emphasis in a metrical pattern.

    3. An applied force or system of forces that tends to strain or deform a body.

    4. The internal resistance of a body to such an applied force or system of forces.

    5. A mentally or emotionally disruptive or upsetting condition occurring in response to adverse external influences and capable of affecting physical health, usually characterized by increased heart rate, a rise in blood pressure, muscular tension, irritability, and depression.

    6. A stimulus or circumstance causing such a condition.

  4. Accent or a mark representing such emphasis or force.

  5. Physics

    1. An applied force or system of forces that tends to strain or deform a body.

    2. The internal resistance of a body to such an applied force or system of forces.

    3. A mentally or emotionally disruptive or upsetting condition occurring in response to adverse external influences and capable of affecting physical health, usually characterized by increased heart rate, a rise in blood pressure, muscular tension, irritability, and depression.

    4. A stimulus or circumstance causing such a condition.

    1. A mentally or emotionally disruptive or upsetting condition occurring in response to adverse external influences and capable of affecting physical health, usually characterized by increased heart rate, a rise in blood pressure, muscular tension, irritability, and depression.

    2. A stimulus or circumstance causing such a condition.

  7. A state of extreme difficulty, pressure, or strain: "He presided over the economy during the period of its greatest stress and danger" (Robert J. Samuelson).

tr.v.   stressed, stress·ing, stress·es

  1. To place emphasis on: stressed basic fire safety.

  2. To give prominence to (a syllable or word) in pronouncing or in accordance with a metrical pattern.

  3. To subject to physical or mental pressure, tension, or strain.

  4. To subject to mechanical pressure or force.

  5. To construct so as to withstand a specified stress.

Phrasal Verb(s):
stress out Informal To subject to or undergo extreme stress, as from working too much.

[Middle English stresse, hardship, partly from destresse (from Old French; see distress) and partly from Old French estrece, narrowness, oppression (from Vulgar Latin *strictia, from Latin strictus, past participle of stringere, to draw tight; see strait).]
STRESS   (strěs)   
n.  A computer language designed for use in solving structural analysis problems in civil engineering.

[str(uctural) e(ngineering) s(ystems) s(olver).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Cultural Dictionary

stress

In physics, the internal resistance of an object to an external force that tends to deform it.


stress

A physical factor, such as injury, or mental state, such as anxiety, that disturbs the body's normal state of functioning. Stress may contribute to the development of some illnesses, including heart disease and cancer.

Note: The term stress also refers to the physical and mental state produced in the body when it is influenced by such factors: “The stress of the new job was too much for Tim, so he requested reassignment to his old position in the company.”
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Slang Dictionary
stress

  1. in.
    to suffer annoyance; to experience stress. : Clare finds that she is stressing more and more about little things.
  2. tv.
    to annoy or bother someone. (See also stressed.) : Don't stress Willy! He's had a hard day.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source
Word Origin & History

stress  (n.)
c.1303, "hardship, adversity, force, pressure," in part a shortening of M.Fr. destresse (see distress), in part from O.Fr. estrece "narrowness, oppression," from V.L. *strictia, from L. strictus "compressed," pp. of stringere "draw tight" (see strain (v.)). The purely psychological sense is attested from 1942.

stress  (v.)
c.1303, "to subject (someone) to force or compulsion," from the source of stress (n.). The fig. meaning "put emphasis on" is first recorded 1896, from notion of laying pressure on something by relying on it.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1stress
Pronunciation: 'stres
Function: noun
1 a : a force exerted when one body or body part presses on, pulls on, pushesagainst, or tends to compress or twist another body or body part; especially : the intensity of this mutual force commonly expressed in pounds per square inch b : thedeformation caused in a body by such a force
2 a : a physical, chemical, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension and may be a factor in disease causation b : a state of bodily or mental tension resulting from factors that tend to alter an existent equilibrium
3 : the force exerted between teeth of the upper and lower jawsduring mastication

Main Entry: 2stress
Function: transitive verb
: to subject to stress stressed by surgery>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Cite This Source
Medical Dictionary

stress (strěs)
n.

  1. An applied force or system of forces that tends to strain or deform a body.

  2. The resisting force set up in a body as a result of an externally applied force.

  3. A physical or psychological stimulus that can produce mental tension or physiological reactions that may lead to illness.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source
Science Dictionary
stress   (strěs)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. The force per unit area applied to an object. Objects subject to stress tend to become distorted or deformed. Compare strain. See also axial stress, shear stress., See more at Hooke's law.

    1. A physiologic reaction by an organism to an uncomfortable or unfamiliar physical or psychological stimulus. Biological changes result from stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system, including a heightened state of alertness, anxiety, increased heart rate, and sweating.

    2. The stimulus or circumstance causing such a reaction.


The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Computing Dictionary

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].
(1995-01-31)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
Cite This Source
Search another word or see stress on Thesaurus | Reference
Used Textbook Marketplace
Millions of Titles in Stock, Save up to 90%, Buy Used & Save Today
ValoreBooks.com/ISBN/9780495093367
Peggy Cryden, M.A., MFT
Individual, Family and Couples Psychotherapy in Encino.
www.peggycryden.com
FacebookTwitterFollow us:
Partner Sites:
Ask AnswersEviteExpediaHotelsHotwireLife123LiveDailyMy Way