elastic stress (any deformation of a solid material) and viscous stress (the gradual changing of the deformation) combined.; "The rela…
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the degree of tension or stress at which something breaks
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(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of a…
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Mechanical engineering, Civil engineering, Physics, Engineering.(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasocon…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Spelling and grammar, Spelling, Health psychology.(physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body; "the direction of maximum tension moves asymptotically tow…
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Mechanical engineering, Civil engineering, Physics, Engineering.nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts); "to avoid the yips, he changed his sty…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Spelling and grammar, Spelling, Health psychology.energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor; "they built a car that runs on electricity"; "The power went…
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics, Engineering.energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor; "they built a car that runs on electricity"; "The power went…
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics, Engineering.energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor; "they built a car that runs on electricity"; "The power went…
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics, Engineering.an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which…
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics, Engineering.an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally; "In the US most household current is AC at 60 cycles per second"
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics, Engineering.an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally; "In the US most household current is AC at 60 cycles per second"
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics, Engineering.an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally; "In the US most household current is AC at 60 cycles per second"
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics, Engineering.an electric current that flows in one direction steadily
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics, Engineering.an electric current that flows in one direction steadily
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics, Engineering.an electric current that flows in one direction steadily
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics, Engineering.a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics, Engineering.(physics) the rate of change of the angular velocity of a rotating body
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.(physics) the rate of change of the angular position of a rotating body; usually expressed in radians per second or radians per minute
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the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tension, stress, breaks.A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, "I declare t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tension, stress, breaks.A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tension, stress, breaks.One who bolts; esp.: (a) A horse which starts suddenly aside. (b) A man who breaks away from his party.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tension, stress, breaks.To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, bu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tension, stress, breaks.One who, or that which, breaks.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tension, stress, breaks.A fall that breaks the neck.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tension, stress, breaks.A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tension, stress, breaks.One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from; an absentee.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tension, stress, breaks.The process by which a compound body breaks up into simpler constituents; -- said particularly of the action of heat on gaseous or vol…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tension, stress, breaks.the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tension, stress, breaks.Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of stress or emphasis; fo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tension, stress, breaks.Act by which one breaks loose from the rules of propriety or good sense; a freak; a prank.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tension, stress, breaks.the ratio of the breaking stress of a structure to the estimated maximum stress in ordinary use
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tension, stress, breaks.
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