| axial stress 1. A stress that tends to change the length of a body.  Compressive stress is axial stress that tends to cause a body to become shorter along the direction of applied force.2. Tensile stress is axial stress that tends to cause a body to become longer along the direction of applied force. Compare shear stressstrain See also torsion. |
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