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1 ♦ stress
♦ stress /strɛs/n. [cu]1 ( anche mecc., scienza costr.) sollecitazione; sforzo; tensione; carico; spinta: to exert stress, esercitare una spinta; to be subject to constant stress, essere costantemente sotto sforzo (o sotto tensione); to apply stress to, sottoporre a tensione; compressive stress, sollecitazione di compressione; impact stress, sollecitazione d'urto; maximum stress, carico di rottura; (fis.) stress analysis, analisi delle sollecitazioni; (metall.) stress corrosion, tensiocorrosione3 ( anche psic., med.) tensione; stress; logoramento; logorio: continued stress, tensione prolungata; stress prolungato; emotional stress, stress emotivo; stress on the nerves, lo stress (nervoso); il logorio dei nervi; We were constantly under stress, eravamo costantemente sotto pressione; to be under financial stress, avere difficoltà finanziarie; to take the stress, resistere alla pressione ( di un'attività); to relieve stress, calmare lo stress4 (med., comput.) stress; sforzo: stress incontinence, incontinenza urinaria da stress; stress fracture, frattura da stress; stress test, test sotto sforzo; (comput.) test di stress5 (fon.) accento (tonico): The stress is on the first syllable, l'accento cade sulla prima sillaba; main stress, accento principale; primary stress, accento primario; secondary stress, accento secondario; stress mark, segno grafico dell'accento; accento (grafico)6 (fig.) accento; enfasi; rilievo; risalto: to lay (o to put) particular stress on st., porre l'accento su qc.; mettere in risalto qc.; sottolineare qc.; a course in computing, with particular stress on the use of the Internet, un corso di informatica, con particolare attenzione all'uso di Internet7 (mus.) accento● (naut.) stress of weather, violenza del tempo; fortunale □ (metall.) stress raiser, intaglio □ (fin.) stress test, stress test ( valutazione della capacità di resistenza del patrimonio di una banca).(to) stress /strɛs/A v. t.2 mettere l'accento su; accentuare; sottolineare; mettere in rilievo; evidenziare: He stressed the importance of the changes, ha sottolineato l'importanza dei cambiamenti4 (comput.) stressare; sollecitare; sottoporre test di stressB v. i.(fam. USA) stressarsi; agitarsi.
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