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stressed

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STRESS  (strs)
n.
A computer language designed for use in solving structural analysis problems in civil engineering.

[str(uctural) e(ngineering) s(ystems) s(olver).]

stress  (strs)
n.
1. Importance, significance, or emphasis placed on something. See Synonyms at emphasis.
2. Linguistics
a. The relative force with which a sound or syllable is spoken.
b. The emphasis placed on the sound or syllable spoken most forcefully in a word or phrase.
3.
a. The relative force of sound or emphasis given a syllable or word in accordance with a metrical pattern.
b. A syllable having strong relative emphasis in a metrical pattern.
4. Accent or a mark representing such emphasis or force.
5. Physics
a. An applied force or system of forces that tends to strain or deform a body.
b. The internal resistance of a body to such an applied force or system of forces.
6.
a. A mentally or emotionally disruptive or upsetting condition occurring in response to adverse external influences and capable of affecting physical health, usually characterized by increased heart rate, a rise in blood pressure, muscular tension, irritability, and depression.
b. A stimulus or circumstance causing such a condition.
7. A state of extreme difficulty, pressure, or strain: "He presided over the economy during the period of its greatest stress and danger" (Robert J. Samuelson).
tr.v. stressed, stress·ing, stress·es
1. To place emphasis on: stressed basic fire safety.
2. To give prominence to (a syllable or word) in pronouncing or in accordance with a metrical pattern.
3. To subject to physical or mental pressure, tension, or strain.
4. To subject to mechanical pressure or force.
5. To construct so as to withstand a specified stress.
Phrasal Verb:
stress out Informal
To subject to or undergo extreme stress, as from working too much.

[Middle English stresse, hardship, partly from destresse (from Old French; see distress) and partly from Old French estrece, narrowness, oppression (from Vulgar Latin *strictia, from Latin strictus, past participle of stringere, to draw tight; see strait).]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.stressed - suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"
troubled - characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need; "troubled areas"; "fell into a troubled sleep"; "a troubled expression"; "troubled teenagers"
2.stressed - bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'"
unstressed - not bearing a stress or accent; "short vowels are unstressed"

stressed
adjective anxious, worried, tense, upset, distressed, under pressure, harassed, pressurized Work out what situations or people make you feel stressed and avoid them.
Translations
stressed [strest] ADJ
1. (= tense) [person] → estresado, agobiado
2. (Ling, Poetry) [syllable] → acentuado

stressed [ˈstrɛst] adj
(= not relaxed) → stressé(e)
to feel stressed → être stressé
to make sb feel stressed → stresser qn
[metal] → sous contrainte
[syllable] → accentué(e)
stressed out adjstressé(e)
to be stressed out → être stressé(e)
stress fracture n [bone] → fracture f de fatigue; [rock] → fracture f de tension

stressed
adj
syllable, wordbetont
(= under stress) persongestresst, über(be)lastet

stressed [strɛst] adj (syllable) → accentato/a
stressed [strɛst] adj (syllable) → accentato/a

stressed متوتر stresovaný stresset gestresst αγχωμένος estresado stressaantunut stressé koji je pod stresom stressato ストレスがたまった 스트레스를 받고 있는 gestrest belastet zestresowany estressado, stressado подчеркнутый stressad ภาวะถูกกดดัน gerilmiş bị căng thẳng 压力重重的


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The need which Professor Muirhead stressed is no less pressing to-day, and few will deny that philosophy has much to do with enabling us to meet it, although no one, least of all Muirhead himself, would regard that as the sole, or even the main, object of philosophy.
Meter, the distinguishing formal mark of poetry and all verse, is merely rhythm which is regular in certain fundamental respects, roughly speaking is rhythm in which the recurrence of stressed syllables or of feet with definite time-values is regular.
Even her kind, capable hands seemed subtly ennobled as they emerged from the luscious, well fitting sleeves, and the high collar, with its narrow edge of lace, stressed the nobility of her fine head.
 
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