The state or condition of being stressful.

A critical value of shear stress, below which a plastic or viscoplastic material behaves like a solid; above this value, a plastic material deforms and a viscoplastic material flows.

(physics) the component of stress that causes parallel layers of a material to move relative to each other in their own planes.

Damage to the genome of an organism as the result of a genotoxin.

A small crack in a bone caused by repeated stress.

(informal) One who seemingly requires stress in order to function well, yet voices dissatisfaction over said stresses

(archaic) Violent winds, especially those unfavourable to vessels at sea.

(linguistics) Of a language: such that syllables may last different amounts of time, but there is perceived to be a fairly constant amount of time between consecutive stressed syllables.

(pathology) leakage of urine or involuntary urination (induced by coughing, sneezing, laughing, or exercising) caused by weakness in the support of the female urethra and neck of the bladder

(physiology) The reaction of body tissues to nitric oxide, nitrous oxide or similar species at levels greater than can be neutralized.