In physics, stress was the exertion of force or pressure on a material object.
Aboard the USS Enterprise in 2267, Earth probe Nomad increased engine efficiency by fifty-seven percent but this would destroy the ship if not stopped as its structure could not handle the stress of that much power. (TOS: "The Changeling")
See also[]
- Field stress compensator
- Hull stress
- Plan Transitional Field Stress Factors
- Shearing stress
- Structural integrity
- Subspace stress
- Torsional stress