residual stress

American  

noun

Metallurgy.

1. a stress in a metal, on a microscopic scale and resulting from nonuniform thermal changes, plastic deformation, or other causes aside from temporary external forces or applications of heat.

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Etymology

Origin of residual stress

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

It's unclear if residual stress from the protests or harassment contributed to the suicides, but Johnson said many activists feel a sense of hopelessness.

From Fox News

It’s unclear if residual stress from the protests or harassment contributed to the suicides, but Johnson said many activists feel a sense of hopelessness.

From Seattle Times

In a paper accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters, Voigtmann and his coauthors describe glass's residual stress in physics terms, by observing how the motion of individual atoms affects the entire complex system.

From Scientific American

Physicists are trying to understand how glass molecules permanently retain this residual stress.

From Scientific American

Wikipedia defines shot-peening as "a cold working process used to produce a compressive residual stress layer and modify mechanical properties of metals".

From BBC