stress

n. அழுத்தம், இறுக்கவிசை, அழுக்கம், பாரவிசை, நெருக்கடி, சூழ் அடர்ப்பு, தவிர்க்க முடியா அவசர நிலை, வற்புறுத்தீடு, வலியுறுத்தீடு, சொல்லின் அசையூற்றம், அழுத்தவிசை, வாசகத்தின் சொல்லழுத்தம், ஜப்தி, கடனுக்கான கைப்பற்றீடு, (வினை.) வற்புறுத்து, ஊன்றியுரை, வலியுறுத்திக்கூறு, அசையூற்றங்கொட, அசையூற்றக் குறியிட, வாசக வகையில் சொல்லழுத்தங் கொடு, இயந்திர விசையழுத்தம் அளி.

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Stress, n. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. distress; or cf. OF. estrecier to press, pinch, (assumed) LL. strictiare, fr. L. strictus. See Distress.] 1. Distress. [Obs.] Sad hersal of his heavy stress. Spenser. 2. Pressure, strain; -- used chiefly of immaterial things; except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight; significance. The faculties of the mind are improved by exercise, yet they must not be put to a stress beyond their strength. Locke. A body may as well lay too little as too much stress upon a dream. L'Estrange. 3. (Mech. & Physics) Defn: The force, or combination of forces, which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and taking specific names according to its direction, or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear or tangential stress. Rankine. Stress is the mutual action between portions of matter. Clerk Maxwell. 4. (Pron.) Defn: Force of utterance expended upon words or syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See Guide to pronunciation, §§ 31-35. 5. (Scots Law) Defn: Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained. Stress of voice, unusual exertion of the voice. -- Stress of weather, constraint imposed by continued bad weather; as, to be driven back to port by stress of weather. -- To lay stress upon, to attach great importance to; to emphasize. "Consider how great a stress is laid upon this duty." Atterbury. -- To put stress upon, or To put to a stress, to strain. Stress, v. t. 1. To press; to urge; to distress; to put to difficulties. [R.] Spenser. 2. To subject to stress, pressure, or strain.