Stress

Stress may refer to:

Mechanical

• Stress (mechanics), the average amount of force exerted per unit area
• Compressive stress, the stress applied to materials resulting in their compaction. It is the ability of a material to resist being crushed.
• Tensile stress (also referred to as tension) is the stress state leading to expansion
• Yield stress, the stress at which a material begins to deform plastically

Biology

• Stress (biology)
• Stress (physiology)
• Stress (psychological)

Geology

• Compression (geology), the set of stresses directed toward the center of a rock mass
• Shear (geology), the response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress and forms particular textures
• Tension (geology), occurs when a rock is pulled apart in two opposite directions

Music

• Accent (music)
• Stress (band), an early 1980s melodic rock band from San Diego
• Stress (Neo-Psychedelic band), from the late 1980s
• "Stress", a song by French band Justice, from †
• Stress (song), the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968, performed in Norwegian by Odd Børre
• Stress (Anonymus album)
• Stress (Daddy Freddy album)

Other

• Stress (card game), card game
• Stress (linguistics), phonological use of prominence in language
• Stress (journal), a medical journal published by Informa plc
• "Stress" (The Unit), an episode of the television series The Unit