Found 4 items, similar to stresses.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: stresses menekankan
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: stress aksentuasi, bertegangan, ketegangan, memberatkan, mengaksentuasikan, menitikberatkan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: stress 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: 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] 3: (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; “the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area” 4: special emphasis attached to something; “the stress was more on accuracy than on speed” [syn: focus] 5: 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: strain] stress v 1: to stress, single out as important; “Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet” [syn: emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate] 2: put stress on; utter with an accent; “In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word” [syn: accent, accentuate] 3: test the limits of; “You are trying my patience!” [syn: try, strain]
English → English (gcide) Definition: stress Lateral \Lat"er*al\, a. [L. lateralis, fr. latus, lateris, side: cf. F. lat['e]ral.] 1. Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to mesial. [1913 Webster] 3. Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing. [1913 Webster] Lateral cleavage (Crystallog.), cleavage parallel to the lateral planes. Lateral equation (Math.), an equation of the first degree. [Obs.] Lateral line (Anat.), in fishes, a line of sensory organs along either side of the body, often marked by a distinct line of color. Lateral pressure or stress (Mech.), a pressure or stress at right angles to the length, as of a beam or bridge; -- distinguished from longitudinal pressure or stress. Lateral strength (Mech.), strength which resists a tendency to fracture arising from lateral pressure. Lateral system (Bridge Building), the system of horizontal braces (as between two vertical trusses) by which lateral stiffness is secured. [1913 Webster]