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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.)
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..
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Enlargement
::
Enlargement
(n.)
Expansion
or
extension,
as of the
powers
of the mind;
ennoblement,
as of the
feelings
and
character;
as, an
enlargement
of
views,
of
knowledge,
of
affection..
Waistcloth
::
Waistcloth
(n.) A cloth or
wrapper
worn about the
waist;
by
extension,
such a
garment
worn about the hips and
passing
between
the
thighs..
Villa
::
Villa (n.) A
country
seat; a
country
or
suburban
residence
of some
pretensions
to
elegance.
Pretence
::
Pretence
(n.) The act of
laying
claim;
the claim laid;
assumption;
pretension.
Laboratory
::
Laboratory
(n.) The
workroom
of a
chemist;
also, a place
devoted
to
experiments
in any
branch
of
natural
science;
as, a
chemical,
physical,
or
biological
laboratory.
Hence,
by
extension,
a place where
something
is
prepared,
or some
operation
is
performed;
as, the liver is the
laboratory
of the
bile..
Expansion
::
Expansion
(n.)
Enlargement
or
extension
of
business
transactions;
esp.,
increase
of the
circulation
of bank
notes..
Bitumen
::
Bitumen
(n.) By
extension,
any one of the
natural
hydrocarbons,
including
the hard,
solid,
brittle
varieties
called
asphalt,
the
semisolid
maltha
and
mineral
tars, the oily
petroleums,
and even the
light,
volatile
naphthas..
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..
Shell
::
Shell (n.)
Hence,
by
extension,
any
mollusks
having
such a
covering..
Quinine
::
Quinine
(n.) An
alkaloid
extracted
from the bark of
several
species
of
cinchona
(esp.
Cinchona
Calisaya)
as a
bitter
white
crystalline
substance,
C20H24N2O2.
Hence,
by
extension
(Med.),
any of the salts of this
alkaloid,
as the
acetate,
chloride,
sulphate,
etc.,
employed
as a
febrifuge
or
antiperiodic.
Called
also
quinia,
quinina,
etc..
Unbrace
::
Unbrace
(v. t.) To free from
tension;
to
relax;
to
loose;
as, to
unbrace
a drum; to
unbrace
the
nerves..
Rosaniline
::
Rosaniline
(n.) A
complex
nitrogenous
base,
C20H21N3O,
obtained
by
oxidizing
a
mixture
of
aniline
and
toluidine,
as a
colorless
crystalline
substance
which forms red
salts.
These salts are
essential
components
of many of the
socalled
aniline
dyes, as
fuchsine,
aniline
red, etc. By
extension,
any one of the
series
of
substances
derived
from, or
related
to,
rosaniline
proper..
Manometer
::
Manometer
(n.) An
instrument
for
measuring
the
tension
or
elastic
force of
gases,
steam,
etc.,
constructed
usually
on the
principle
of
allowing
the gas to exert its
elastic
force in
raising
a
column
of
mercury
in an open tube, or in
compressing
a
portion
of air or other gas in a
closed
tube with
mercury
or other
liquid
intervening,
or in
bending
a
metallic
or other
spring
so as to set in
motion
an
index;
a
pressure
gauge.
See
Pressure,
and
Illust.
of Air
pump..
Sphere
::
Sphere
(n.) The
extension
of a
general
conception,
or the
totality
of the
individuals
or
species
to which it may be
applied..
Distend
::
Distend
(v. t.) To
stretch
out or
extend
in all
directions;
to
dilate;
to
enlarge,
as by
elasticity
of
parts;
to
inflate
so as to
produce
tension;
to cause to
swell;
as, to
distend
a
bladder,
the
stomach,
etc..
Heading
::
Heading
(n.) The
extension
of a line
ruffling
above the line of
stitch.
Orthopny
::
Orthopny
(n.)
Specifically,
a
morbid
condition
in which
respiration
can be
performed
only in an erect
posture;
by
extension,
any
difficulty
of
breathing..
Wiseacre
::
Wiseacre
(v.) One who makes undue
pretensions
to
wisdom;
a
would-be-wise
person;
hence,
in
contempt,
a
simpleton;
a
dunce..
Flat
::
Flat (n.) A
homaloid
space or
extension.
Orthopedy
::
Orthopedy
(n.) The art or
practice
of
curing
the
deformities
of
children,
or, by
extension,
any
deformities
of the human
body..
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