Definitions from Wiktionary (stress)
▸ noun: (biology) A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
▸ noun: (biology) Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
▸ noun: (countable, physics) The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.
▸ noun: (countable, physics) Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
▸ noun: (countable, phonetics, loosely) A suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound, word or word group by means of of loudness, duration or pitch; phonological prominence.
▸ noun: (countable, phonetics, strictly) The suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound by means of loudness and/or duration; phonological prominence phonetically achieved by means of dynamics as distinct from pitch.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
▸ noun: (Scots law) distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
▸ verb: (transitive) To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
▸ verb: (transitive) To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
▸ verb: (intransitive, informal) To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
▸ verb: (transitive) To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
▸ verb: (transitive) To emphasise (words in speaking).
▸ verb: (transitive) To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.
▸ noun: Obsolete form of distress. [Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.]
▸ Also see stress
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▸ noun: (biology) A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
▸ noun: (biology) Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
▸ noun: (countable, physics) The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.
▸ noun: (countable, physics) Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
▸ noun: (countable, phonetics, loosely) A suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound, word or word group by means of of loudness, duration or pitch; phonological prominence.
▸ noun: (countable, phonetics, strictly) The suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound by means of loudness and/or duration; phonological prominence phonetically achieved by means of dynamics as distinct from pitch.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
▸ noun: (Scots law) distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
▸ verb: (transitive) To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
▸ verb: (transitive) To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
▸ verb: (intransitive, informal) To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
▸ verb: (transitive) To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
▸ verb: (transitive) To emphasise (words in speaking).
▸ verb: (transitive) To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.
▸ noun: Obsolete form of distress. [Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.]
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