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ten·sion
 (t  n  sh  n)
KEY
NOUN:
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- The act or process of stretching something tight.
- The condition of so being stretched; tautness.
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- A force tending to stretch or elongate something.
- A measure of such a force:
a tension on the cable of 50 pounds.
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- Mental, emotional, or nervous strain:
working under great tension to make a deadline.
- Barely controlled hostility or a strained relationship between people or groups:
the dangerous tension between opposing military powers.
- A balanced relation between strongly opposing elements:
"the continuing, and essential, tension between two of the three branches of government, judicial and legislative"
(Haynes Johnson).
- The interplay of conflicting elements in a piece of literature, especially a poem.
- A device for regulating tautness, especially a device that controls the tautness of thread on a sewing machine or loom.
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Electricity
Voltage or potential; electromotive force.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
ten·sioned
,
ten·sion·ing
,
ten·sions
- To subject to tension; tighten.
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin t nsi
, tnsin-, a stretching out, from tnsus, past participle of tendere, to stretch ; see
tense
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OTHER FORMS:
tension·al
(Adjective)
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