Stress may refer to:

Science and medicine

* Stress (biology), an organism's response to a stressor such as an environmental condition *

Stress (linguistics) In linguistics, and particularly phonology, stress or accent is the relative emphasis or prominence given to a certain syllable in a word or to a certain word in a phrase or sentence. That emphasis is typically caused by such properties as ...

, relative emphasis or prominence given to a syllable in a word, or to a word in a phrase or sentence *

Stress (mechanics) In continuum mechanics, stress is a physical quantity. It is a quantity that describes the magnitude of forces that cause deformation. Stress is defined as ''force per unit area''. When an object is pulled apart by a force it will cause elon ...

, the internal forces that neighboring particles of a continuous material exert on each other *

Occupational stress Occupational stress is psychological stress related to one's job. Occupational stress refers to a chronic condition. Occupational stress can be managed by understanding what the stressful conditions at work are and taking steps to remediate those ...

, stress related to one's job *

Psychological stress In psychology, stress is a feeling of emotional strain and pressure. Stress is a type of psychological pain. Small amounts of stress may be beneficial, as it can improve athletic performance, motivation and reaction to the environment. Exces ...

, a feeling of strain and pressure *

Surgical stress Surgical stress is the systemic response to surgical injury and is characterized by activation of the sympathetic nervous system, endocrine responses as well as immunological and haematological changes. Measurement of surgical stress is used in an ...

, systemic response to surgical injury

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

Groups and musicians

* Stress (Brazilian band), a Brazilian heavy metal band *

Stress (British band) Stress was a short-lived British neo-psychedelic rock band composed of Wayne Binitie, Ian Mussington and Mitch Amachi Ogugua. They released only one album in 1991 on Reprise Records, Reprise/Warner Bros. Records. They are not to be confused with ...

, a British rock band * Stress (pop rock band), an early 1980s melodic rock band from San Diego *

Stress (musician) Stress (stage name; actually Andres Andrekson; born on 25 July 1977 in Tallinn, Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland ac ...

(born 1977), hip hop singer from Switzerland * Stress (record producer) (born 1979), artistic name of Can Canatan, Swedish musician and record producer

Albums

* ''Stress'' (Anonymus album), 1997 * ''Stress'' (Daddy Freddy album), 1991 * ''Stress'' (Stress album), self-titled album by Brazilian band Stress * '' Stress: The Extinction Agenda'', 1994 album by Organized Konfusion

Songs

* "Stress" (Justice song), 2007 song by Justice * "Stress" (Odd Børre song), 1968 song by Odd Børre * "Stress", a song by Godsmack from '' Godsmack'' * "Stress", a 2000 song by Jim's Big Ego * "

The Stress is the sixth single by Japanese singer/songwriter Chisato Moritaka. The lyrics were written by Moritaka and the music was composed by Hideo Saitō. The single was released by Warner Pioneer on February 25, 1989. The full title of the single i ...

", a 1989 song by Chisato Moritaka

Other music

Stress (music) In music, an accent is an emphasis, stress, or stronger attack placed on a particular note or set of notes, or chord, either as a result of its context or specifically indicated by an accent mark. Accents contribute to the articulation and prosod ...

, a type of emphasis placed on a particular note or set of notes

Other arts, entertainment, and media

* Stress (card game), a card game * ''Stress'' (journal), a medical journal * "Stress" (''The Unit''), an episode of the television series ''The Unit''

Other uses

* Stress (font), varying stroke widths of a font