a computer programming language designed for use in solving civil engineering structural analysis problems
a test of cardiovascular fitness made by monitoring the heart rate during a period of increasingly strenuous exercise
(of a language) characterized by a rhythm in which primary stresses occur at roughly equal intervals, irrespective of the number of unstressed syllables in between. English is a stress-timed language
the stress present in an object in the absence of any external load or force
the net rate of transfer of momentum across a surface in a fluid resulting from turbulence in the fluid
a fracture of a bone caused by repeated (rather than sudden) mechanical stress
the accent on a syllable of a word or breath group that is weaker than the primary stress but stronger than the lack of stress
a condition (found chiefly in women) in which there is involuntary emission of urine when pressure within the abdomen increases suddenly, as in coughing or jumping
a condition of persistent mental and emotional stress occurring as a result of injury or severe psychological shock, typically involving disturbance of sleep and constant vivid recall of the experience, with dulled responses to others and to the outside world
stress or psychosomatic illness caused by working with computer technology on a daily basis