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Definition of tension
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Tension
(a.) The act of
stretching
or
straining;
the state of being
stretched
or
strained
to
stiffness;
the state of being bent
strained;
as, the
tension
of the
muscles,
tension
of the
larynx..
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Funicular
::
Funicular
(a.)
Dependent
on the
tension
of a cord.
Loosen
::
Loosen
(v. t.) To make
loose;
to free from
tightness,
tension,
firmness,
or
fixedness;
to make less dense or
compact;
as, to
loosen
a
string,
or a knot; to
loosen
a rock in the
earth..
Ripple
::
Ripple
(n.) a small wave on the
surface
of water or other
liquids
for which the
driving
force is not
gravity,
but
surface
tension..
Rod
::
Rod (n.) A
member
used in
tension,
as for
sustaining
a
suspended
weight,
or in
tension
and
compression,
as for
transmitting
reciprocating
motion,
etc.; a
connecting
bar..
Thermotension
::
Thermotension
(n.) A
process
of
increasing
the
strength
of
wrought
iron by
heating
it to a
determinate
temperature,
and
giving
to it, while in that
state,
a
mechanical
strain
or
tension
in the
direction
in which the
strength
is
afterward
to be
exerted..
Quinone
::
Quinone
(n.) A
crystalline
substance,
C6H4O2
(called
also
benzoketone),
first
obtained
by the
oxidation
of
quinic
acid and
regarded
as a
double
ketone;
also, by
extension,
any one of the
series
of which
quinone
proper
is the
type..
Flat
::
Flat (n.) A
homaloid
space or
extension.
Extension
::
Extension
(v. t.) The act of
extending
or the state of being
extended;
a
stretching
out;
enlargement
in
breadth
or
continuation
of
length;
increase;
augmentation;
expansion.
Hydrocarbon
::
Hydrocarbon
(n.) A
compound
containing
only
hydrogen
and
carbon,
as
methane,
benzene,
etc.; also, by
extension,
any of their
derivatives..
Panic
::
Panic (a.) By
extension:
A
sudden
widespread
fright
or
apprehension
concerning
financial
affairs.
Carry
::
Carry (v. t.) To
convey
by
extension
or
continuance;
to
extend;
as, to carry the
chimney
through
the roof; to carry a road ten miles
farther..
Paraffine
::
Paraffine
(n.) A white waxy
substance,
resembling
spermaceti,
tasteless
and
odorless,
and
obtained
from coal tar, wood tar,
petroleum,
etc., by
distillation.
It is used as an
illuminant
and
lubricant.
It is very
inert,
not being acted upon by most of the
strong
chemical
reagents.
It was
formerly
regarded
as a
definite
compound,
but is now known to be a
complex
mixture
of
several
higher
hydrocarbons
of the
methane
or
marsh-gas
series;
hence,
by
extension,
any
substance,
whether
solid,
liquid,
or
Methol
::
Methol
(n.) The
technical
name of
methyl
alcohol
or wood
spirit;
also, by
extension,
the class name of any of the
series
of
alcohols
of the
methane
series
of which
methol
proper
is the type. See
Methyl
alcohol,
under
Methyl..
Saponin
::
Saponin
(n.) A
poisonous
glucoside
found in many
plants,
as in the root of
soapwort
(Saponaria),
in the bark of soap bark
(Quillaia),
etc. It is
extracted
as a white
amorphous
powder,
which
occasions
a soapy
lather
in
solution,
and
produces
a local
anaesthesia.
Formerly
called
also
struthiin,
quillaiin,
senegin,
polygalic
acid, etc. By
extension,
any one of a group of
related
bodies
of which
saponin
proper
is the
type..
Ostension
::
Ostension
(n.) The
showing
of the
sacrament
on the altar in order that it may
receive
the
adoration
of the
communicants.
Enlargement
::
Enlargement
(n.) The act of
increasing
in size or bulk, real or
apparent;
the state of being
increased;
augmentation;
further
extension;
expansion..
Terebene
::
Terebene
(n.) A
polymeric
modification
of
terpene,
obtained
as a white
crystalline
camphorlike
substance;
--
called
also
camphene.
By
extension,
any one of a group of
related
substances..
Pirogue
::
Pirogue
(n.) A
dugout
canoe;
by
extension,
any small
boat..
Psychrometer
::
Psychrometer
(n.) An
instrument
for
measuring
the
tension
of the
aqueous
vapor in the
atmosphere,
being
essentially
a wet and dry bulb
hygrometer..
Quinoline
::
Quinoline
(n.) A
nitrogenous
base, C9H7N
obtained
as a
pungent
colorless
liquid
by the
distillation
of
alkaloids,
bones,
coal tar, etc. It the
nucleus
of many
organic
bodies,
especially
of
certain
alkaloids
and
related
substances;
hence,
by
extension,
any one of the
series
of
alkaloidal
bases of which
quinoline
proper
is the
type..
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