An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt.
A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.
The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
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.
Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal. Example: Go easy on him, he's been under a lot of stress lately.
The emphasis placed on a syllable of a word. Example: Some people put the stress on the first syllable of “controversy”; others put it on the second.
Emphasis placed on words in speaking.
Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
To emphasise (a syllable of a word). Example: “Emphasis” is stressed on the first syllable, but “emphatic” is stressed on the second.
To emphasise (words in speaking).
To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion. Example: I must stress that this information is given in strict confidence.
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