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Meaning of stress

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  stress
      n 1: the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note
           (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the
           stress on the wrong syllable" [syn: {stress}, {emphasis},
           {accent}]
      2: (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or
         suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension";
         "stress is a vasoconstrictor" [syn: {tension}, {tenseness},
         {stress}]
      3: special emphasis attached to something; "the stress was more
         on accuracy than on speed" [syn: {stress}, {focus}]
      4: difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension; "she
         endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over
         the economy during the period of the greatest stress and
         danger"- R.J.Samuelson [syn: {stress}, {strain}]
      5: (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the
         intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by
         units of area"
      v 1: to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes
           exercise in addition to a change in diet" [syn: {stress},
           {emphasize}, {emphasise}, {punctuate}, {accent},
           {accentuate}]
      2: put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent
         the last syllable of each word" [syn: {stress}, {accent},
         {accentuate}]
      3: test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!" [syn:
         {try}, {strain}, {stress}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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