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Science and medicine

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Stress (biology) Stress, whether physiological, biological or psychological, is an organism's response to a stressor, such as an environmental condition or change in life circumstances. When stressed by stimuli that alter an organism's environment, multiple s ...
, 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 (linguistics), sentence. That emphasis is typically caused ...
, 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 that describes forces present during deformation. For example, an object being pulled apart, such as a stretched elastic band, is subject to ''tensile'' stress and may undergo elongati ...
, the internal forces that neighboring particles of a continuous material exert on each other *
Oxidative stress Oxidative stress reflects an imbalance between the systemic manifestation of reactive oxygen species and a biological system's ability to readily detoxify the reactive intermediates or to repair the resulting damage. Disturbances in the normal ...
, an imbalance of free radicals *
Psychological stress In psychology, stress is a feeling of emotional strain and pressure. Stress is a form of psychological and mental discomfort. Small amounts of stress may be beneficial, as it can improve athletic performance, motivation and reaction to the envi ...
, a feeling of strain and pressure **
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 tho ...
, stress related to one's job *
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 a ...
, systemic response to surgical injury


Arts, entertainment, and media


Music


Groups and musicians

* Stress (Brazilian band), a Brazilian heavy metal band * Stress (British band), a British rock band * Stress (pop rock band), an early 1980s melodic rock band from San Diego * Stress (musician) (born 1977), hip hop singer from Switzerland *
Stress (record producer) Can Canatan (born March 29, 1979), better known by his stage name Stress, is a Swedish musician and music producer. Biography and career Canatan was born and raised in Solna, Stockholm. He began his music career as a DJ at the age of 16. By ...
(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 * " The Stress", a 1989 song by Chisato Moritaka * "Stress", a song by Odd Børre, Norway's entry in the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest * "Stress", a song by Godsmack from ''
Godsmack Godsmack is an American Rock music, rock band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The band is currently composed of lead singer and rhythm guitarist Sully Erna and bassist Robbie Merrill. Since its formation, Godsmack has released eig ...
'' * "Stress", a 2000 song by
Jim's Big Ego Jim's Big Ego is a Boston, Massachusetts-based band formed in 1995 under the leadership of singer/songwriter Jim Infantino, who was named as the best new artist of 1995 by the National Academy of Songwriters.''Eugene Register-Guard''"Jim's Bi ...


Music techniques

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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 because of its context or specifically indicated by an accent mark. Accents contribute to the articulation and prosody of ...
, a type of emphasis placed on a particular note or set of notes


Other arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Stress'' (journal), a medical journal * "Stress" (''Not Going Out''), a television episode * "Stress" (''The Unit''), a television episode


Other uses

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Stress (font) Typeface anatomy describes the graphic elements that make up letters in a typeface. Strokes The ''strokes'' are the components of a letterform. Strokes may be ''straight'', as in , or ''curved'', as in . If straight, they may be ''horizont ...
, varying stroke widths of a font


See also

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Emphasis (disambiguation) Emphasis or emphatic may refer to: Communication * Emphasis (telecommunications), intentional alteration of the amplitude-vs.-frequency characteristics of the signal meant to reduce adverse effects of noise * Cultural emphasis, alleged tendenc ...
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Stress cracking (disambiguation) Stress cracking may refer to: * Environmental stress cracking *Stress corrosion cracking *Sulfide stress cracking Sulfide stress cracking (SSC) is a form of hydrogen embrittlement which is a cathodic cracking mechanism. It should not be confused w ...
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Stress intensity (disambiguation) Stress intensity can refer to: * Stress intensity factor In fracture mechanics, the stress intensity factor () is used to predict the Stress (mechanics), stress state ("stress intensity") near the tip of a Fracture, crack or Notch (engineering), ...
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Stress tensor (disambiguation) Stress tensor may refer to: * Cauchy stress tensor, in classical physics * Stress deviator tensor, in classical physics * Piola–Kirchhoff stress tensor, in continuum mechanics * Viscous stress tensor, in continuum mechanics * Stress–energy t ...
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Stress test (disambiguation) Stress testing or stress test is a form of deliberately intense or thorough testing. It may also refer to: Techniques *Cardiac stress test, a medical testing procedure to evaluate heart function *Stress analysis, methods for computing mechanical s ...
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Tension (disambiguation) Tension may refer to: Science * Psychological stress * Tension (physics), a force related to the stretching of an object (the opposite of compression) * Tension (geology), a stress which stretches rocks in two opposite directions * Voltage or ele ...
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