noun A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
noun Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
noun 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.
noun Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
noun Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
Go easy on him, he's been under a lot of stress lately.
noun A suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound, word or word group by means of of loudness, duration or pitch; phonological prominence.
lexical stress
noun The suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound by means of loudness and/or duration; phonological prominence phonetically achieved by means of dynamics as distinct from pitch.
noun Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).