STRESS
\stɹˈɛs], \stɹˈɛs], \s_t_ɹ_ˈɛ_s]\
Definitions of STRESS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
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test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!"
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(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area"
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(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"
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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
By Princeton University
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the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
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test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!"
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(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area"
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(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"
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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
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To place emphasis on; to make emphatic; emphasize.
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Distress.
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Pressure, strain; -- used chiefly of immaterial things; except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight; significance.
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The force, or combination of forces, which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and taking specific names according to its direction, or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear or tangential stress.
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Force of utterance expended upon words or syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See Guide to pronunciation, // 31-35.
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Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
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To press; to urge; to distress; to put to difficulties.
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To subject to stress, pressure, or strain.
By Oddity Software
By Noah Webster.
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Strain; pressure; as, the stress of circumstances; importance; significance; emphasis; force of utterance; as, the stress falls on the last syllable; mechanical pressure of any kind, such as a force that changes the shape or size of a body.
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To accent; emphasize; subject to mechanical pressure.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Force: pressure; urgency: strain: violence, as of the weather: (mech.) force exerted in any direction or manner between two bodies.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Special weight, importance, or significance.
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Force exerted; strain; tension; compulsion.
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Force of voice; accent.
By James Champlin Fernald