tension
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend-der. Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin tēnsiōder. Middle French tensionbor. English tension Borrowed from Middle French tension, from Latin tēnsiō.
Definitions
The condition of being held in a state between two or more forces, which are acting in…
The condition of being held in a state between two or more forces, which are acting in opposition to each other.
- My tensions with Eric over his alleged past actions have been fully resolved.
A psychological state of being tense.
A feeling of nervousness, excitement, or fear that is created in a movie, book, etc.
A feeling of nervousness, excitement, or fear that is created in a movie, book, etc.; suspense.
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The state of an elastic object which is stretched in a way which increases its length.
A force transmitted through a rope, string, cable, or similar object (used with…
A force transmitted through a rope, string, cable, or similar object (used with prepositions on, in, or of, e.g., "The tension in the cable is 1000 N", to convey that the same magnitude of force applies to objects attached to both ends).
- Most of the overhead system is of the weight-tensioned type, constant tension being automatically applied by balance weights.
Voltage.
To place an object in tension, to pull or place strain on.
- We tensioned the cable until it snapped.
The neighborhood
- neighbortensile
Derived
tensional, tensioner, tensionless, antitension, hypertension, hypotension, normotension, post-tension, pretension, thermotension, applied tension, high tension, high-tension, Hubble tension, premenstrual tension, sexual tension, strategy of tension, surface tension, tension headache, tension myoneural syndrome, tension myositis syndrome, tension pneumo, tension rod, tension wood, tension wrench, time under tension
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at tension. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at tension. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at tension
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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