The state or condition of being stressful.

plural of stress accent

(phonology) A method or application of realizing phonological prominence of a segment phonetically by loudness or duration.

Synonym of premenstrual syndrome

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

A small crack in a bone caused by repeated stress.

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.

Alternative spelling of eustress