(engineering) In a tensile test, the ratio of the applied force to the initial cross-sectional area of the tensile specimen (ignoring the gradual decrease in area resulting from Poisson's ratio).

The force needed to move a dislocation within a plane of atoms in the unit cell.

plural of Peierls stress

(phonetics) A written mark to show which part of a word should be stressed

plural of stress ball

(physics) A function that finds a more tractable method for the elastic equations that describe the deformation of an elastic body subject only to boundary surface forces.

plural of stress function

(physics) A stress that remains in a solid material after the original cause of the stress has been removed.

plural of residual stress

(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