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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.) A
device
for
checking
the
delivery
of the
thread
in a
sewing
machine,
so as to give the
stitch
the
required
degree
of
tightness..
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Intensive
::
Intensive
(a.)
Stretched;
admitting
of
intension,
or
increase
of
degree;
that can be
intensified..
Tension
::
Tension
(a.)
Expansive
force;
the force with which the
particles
of a body, as a gas, tend to
recede
from each other and
occupy
a
larger
space;
elastic
force;
elasticity;
as, the
tension
of
vapor;
the
tension
of air..
Tonometer
::
Tonometer
(n.) An
instrument
for
measuring
tension,
esp. that of the
eyeball..
Cant
::
Cant (v. i.) To make
whining
pretensions
to
goodness;
to talk with an
affectation
of
religion,
philanthropy,
etc.; to
practice
hypocrisy;
as, a
canting
fanatic..
Portension
::
Portension
(n.) The act of
foreshowing;
foreboding.
Unbrace
::
Unbrace
(v. t.) To free from
tension;
to
relax;
to
loose;
as, to
unbrace
a drum; to
unbrace
the
nerves..
Strain
::
Strain
(n.) A
violent
effort;
an
excessive
and
hurtful
exertion
or
tension,
as of the
muscles;
as, he
lifted
the
weight
with a
strain;
the
strain
upon a
ship's
rigging
in a gale; also, the hurt or
injury
resulting;
a
sprain..
Music
::
Music (n.) The
science
and the art of
tones,
or
musical
sounds,
i. e.,
sounds
of
higher
or lower
pitch,
begotten
of
uniform
and
synchronous
vibrations,
as of a
string
at
various
degrees
of
tension;
the
science
of
harmonical
tones which
treats
of the
principles
of
harmony,
or the
properties,
dependences,
and
relations
of tones to each
other;
the art of
combining
tones in a
manner
to
please
the ear..
Short
::
Short
(superl.)
Not long;
having
brief
length
or
linear
extension;
as, a short
distance;
a short piece of
timber;
a short
flight..
Tension
::
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..
Trapezium
::
Trapezium
(n.) A
region
on the
ventral
side of the
brain,
either
just back of the pons
Varolii,
or, as in man,
covered
by the
posterior
extension
of its
transverse
fibers..
Vaporimeter
::
Vaporimeter
(n.) An
instrument
for
measuring
the
volume
or the
tension
of any
vapor;
specifically,
an
instrument
of this sort used as an
alcoholometer
in
testing
spirituous
liquors..
Intention
::
Intention
(n.) The state of being
strained.
See
Intension.
Space
::
Space (n.)
Extension,
considered
independently
of
anything
which it may
contain;
that which makes
extended
objects
conceivable
and
possible..
Tract
::
Tract (v.)
Continuity
or
extension
of
anything;
as, the tract of
speech..
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..
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..
Distension
::
Distension
(n.) Same as
Distention.
Funicular
::
Funicular
(a.)
Dependent
on the
tension
of a cord.
Shear
::
Shear (v. t.) A
strain,
or
change
of
shape,
of an
elastic
body,
consisting
of an
extension
in one
direction,
an equal
compression
in a
perpendicular
direction,
with an
unchanged
magnitude
in the third
direction..
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