单词 | stress reliever |
释义 | stress relievern. 1. A component, modification, or physical phenomenon which reduces the mechanical stress of a structure, component, or material. ΚΠ 1918 U.S. Patent 1,259,344 1/1 The central cable and the armor wires provide conjointly acting inner and outer stress relievers. 1955 Jrnl. Res. National Bureau Standards (U.S. Dept. Commerce) 54 54/1 It may be postulated that such cracks form as stress relievers after the material has reached the limit of stress relief from plastic flow, or if plastic flow cannot take place fast enough. 2017 K. S. Elliott Precast Concrete Structures (ed. 2) iv. 141 A small saw cut is made at the ends of the cast-in plate to act as a stress reliever to the heated plate during welding. 2. An activity, substance, etc., which alleviates (or is intended to alleviate) emotional or physiological stress. ΚΠ 1973 Times 22 Jan. 20/7 Meditation appears not to produce the negative side effects of other popular stress relievers like alcohol and pills. 1995 Maxim July 39/1 Marriages that work are proven stress-relievers, but when things go wrong, boy do they go bad. 2015 J. Silverman Terms of Service 222 She had always liked cleaning, finding it a great stress reliever. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1918 |
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