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Definition of tension
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of tension is as below...
Tension
(a.) The force by which a part is
pulled
when
forming
part of any
system
in
equilibrium
or in
motion;
as, the
tension
of a
srting
supporting
a
weight
equals
that
weight..
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Telescopical
::
Telescopical
(a.)
Having
the power of
extension
by
joints
sliding
one
within
another,
like the tube of a small
telescope
or a
spyglass;
especially
(Mach.),
constructed
of
concentric
tubes,
either
stationary,
as in the
telescopic
boiler,
or
movable,
as in the
telescopic
chimney
of a war
vessel,
which may be put out of sight by being
lowered
endwise..
Inextension
::
Inextension
(n.) Want of
extension;
unextended
state.
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..
Distension
::
Distension
(n.) Same as
Distention.
Wad
::
Wad (n.)
Specifically:
A
little
mass of some soft or
flexible
material,
such as hay,
straw,
tow,
paper,
or old rope yarn, used for
retaining
a
charge
of
powder
in a gun, or for
keeping
the
powder
and shot
close;
also, to
diminish
or avoid the
effects
of
windage.
Also, by
extension,
a dusk of felt,
pasteboard,
etc.,
serving
a
similar
purpose..
Fusee
::
Fusee (n.) The cone or
conical
wheel of a watch or
clock,
designed
to
equalize
the power of the
mainspring
by
having
the chain from the
barrel
which
contains
the
spring
wind in a
spiral
groove
on the
surface
of the cone in such a
manner
that the
diameter
of the cone at the point where the chain acts may
correspond
with the
degree
of
tension
of the
spring..
Flat
::
Flat (n.) A
homaloid
space or
extension.
Geissler Tube
::
Geissler
tube () A glass tube
provided
with
platinum
electrodes,
and
containing
some gas under very low
tension,
which
becomes
luminous
when an
electrical
discharge
is
passed
through
it; -- so
called
from the name of a noted maker in
germany.
It is
called
also
Plucker
tube, from the
German
physicist
who
devised
it..
Stitch
::
Stitch
(v. i.) A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a
single
pass of the
needle;
hence,
by
extension,
any space
passed
over;
distance..
Stress
::
Stress
(n.) The
force,
or
combination
of
forces,
which
produces
a
strain;
force
exerted
in any
direction
or
manner
between
contiguous
bodies,
or parts of
bodies,
and
taking
specific
names
according
to its
direction,
or mode of
action,
as
thrust
or
pressure,
pull or
tension,
shear or
tangential
stress..
Tension
::
Tension
(a.) The
degree
of
stretching
to which a wire, cord, piece of
timber,
or the like, is
strained
by
drawing
it in the
direction
of its
length;
strain..
Bent
::
Bent (v.)
Tension;
force of
acting;
energy;
impetus.
Quack
::
Quack (a.)
Pertaining
to or
characterized
by,
boasting
and
pretension;
used by
quacks;
pretending
to cure
diseases;
as, a quack
medicine;
a quack
doctor..
Prolonger
::
Prolonger
(n.) One who, or that
which,
causes
an
extension
in time or
space..
Pinacone
::
Pinacone
(n.) A white
crystalline
substance
related
to the
glycols,
and made from
acetone;
hence,
by
extension,
any one of a
series
of
substances
of which
pinacone
proper
is the
type..
Tensure
::
Tensure
(n.)
Tension.
Web
::
Web (n.) A band of
webbing
used to
regulate
the
extension
of the hood.
Arrogant
::
Arrogant
(a.)
Containing
arrogance;
marked
with
arrogance;
proceeding
from undue
claims
or
self-importance;
--
applied
to
things;
as,
arrogant
pretensions
or
behavior..
Organogen
::
Organogen
(n.) A name given to any one of the four
elements,
carbon,
hydrogen,
oxygen,
and
nitrogen,
which are
especially
characteristic
ingredients
of
organic
compounds;
also, by
extension,
to other
elements
sometimes
found in the same
connection;
as
sulphur,
phosphorus,
etc..
Indefinite
::
Indefinite
(a.)
Having
no
determined
or
certain
limits;
large and
unmeasured,
though
not
infinite;
unlimited;
as
indefinite
space;
the
indefinite
extension
of a
straight
line..
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