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to relieve stress

5.8

To reduce forces inside a metal or glass, usually by heating it

phrasal verb
/rɪˈliːv strɛs/

Specialized

: aliviar tensiones

To ensure the glass can withstand pressure, it's important to relieve stress through proper heating techniques.

Examples

The engineer used a specific method to relieve stress in the metal before shaping it into a part.
Before using the metal in construction, the technician must relieve stress to prevent any failures.
After welding, the technician heat-treated the frame to relieve stress and prevent future cracks.
Engineers often use vibration aging to relieve stress in assembled components before final testing.
The manufacturer reported that annealing successfully relieved stress in the metal shafts after forming.
The technician will relieve stress in the metal.
How do you relieve stress in materials?

Synonyms

to relieve

vsto relieve stress

166 2.3

Make pain, stress, or worry less

targets internal mechanical tension in solids through heat or controlled processing

to alleviate

vsto relieve stress

76 5.3

To make pain, suffering, or a problem less strong

focuses on lowering internal mechanical tension in solid materials by processing

to unstress

vsto relieve stress

6.3

Make a sound in a word weaker or reduce force in a part of an object

is specific to lowering internal mechanical tension by heat or controlled processing

Antonyms

to strain

Specialized

3 4.2

To change the shape of something by putting force on it

to prestress

Specialized

7.7

To put pressure inside a material before use to make it stronger

How Effective

to anneal

Specialized

1 8.9

to relieve stress

Specialized

5.8

Surface Forms

relieve stress infinitive

relieved stress past

relieved stress past participle

relieving stress present participle

relieves stress third person singular

Morphology

relieve + stress

The verb 'relieve' clearly means 'to reduce' and 'stress' can denote pressure/tension, so the phrase literally means to reduce stress and is compositionally predictable in general use. However, the cited meaning is a specialized technical sense (internal mechanical stress in materials) that learners who only know psychological 'stress' may not recognize, making the expression only partly transparent.

Etymology

Relieve stress in engineering comes from a literal act on materials where heat or careful processing lets tight forces inside relax like a tight spring letting go. To relieve is to let that pressure out and stress is the internal force, so the phrase means 'to reduce internal pressure' so the part is less likely to crack.