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mechanical stress

physical quantity that expresses internal forces in a continuous material
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Summary

mechanical stress ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,206 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: physical quantity[2]
  • Commons category: Stress (mechanics)[3]
  • Has part(s): shear stress[4], normal stress[5]
  • Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[6]
  • Has characteristic: unit of mechanical stress[7]
  • Different from: pressure[8], Cauchy stress tensor[9]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10]
  • Recommended unit of measurement: pascal[11]

Why It Matters

mechanical stress has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . SI Brochure (9th edition): Concise summary. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts → —
    Has part(s) → shear stress, normal stress
    Different from → pressure, Cauchy stress tensor
    Subclass of → —
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