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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
quality
in
consequence
of which an
electric
charge
tends to
discharge
itself,
as into the air by a
spark,
or to pass from a body of
greater
to one of less
electrical
potential.
It
varies
as the
quantity
of
electricity
upon a given
area..
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Picture
::
Picture
(n.) A
representation
of
anything
(as a
person,
a
landscape,
a
building)
upon
canvas,
paper,
or other
surface,
produced
by means of
painting,
drawing,
engraving,
photography,
etc.; a
representation
in
colors.
By
extension,
a
figure;
a
model..
Extension
::
Extension
(v. t.) A
written
engagement
on the part of a
creditor,
allowing
a
debtor
further
time to pay a
debt..
Hard
::
Hard
(adv.)
With
tension
or
strain
of the
powers;
violently;
with
force;
tempestuously;
vehemently;
vigorously;
energetically;
as, to
press,
to blow, to rain hard;
hence,
rapidly;
as, to run
hard..
Tonometer
::
Tonometer
(n.) An
instrument
for
measuring
tension,
esp. that of the
eyeball..
Carbinol
::
Carbinol
(n.)
Methyl
alcohol,
CH3OH;
-- also, by
extension,
any one in the
homologous
series
of
paraffine
alcohols
of which
methyl
alcohol
is the
type..
Pirogue
::
Pirogue
(n.) A
dugout
canoe;
by
extension,
any small
boat..
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..
Pretence
::
Pretence
(n.) The act of
laying
claim;
the claim laid;
assumption;
pretension.
Prolongation
::
Prolongation
(n.) The act of
lengthening
in space or in time;
extension;
protraction.
Distension
::
Distension
(n.) Same as
Distention.
Coextension
::
Coextension
(n.) The act of
extending
equally,
or the state of being
equally
extended..
Inexpansible
::
Inexpansible
(a.)
Incapable
of
expansion,
enlargement,
or
extension..
Intention
::
Intention
(n.) The state of being
strained.
See
Intension.
Brace
::
Brace (n.) A cord,
ligament,
or rod, for
producing
or
maintaining
tension,
as a cord on the side of a
drum..
Drugget
::
Drugget
(n.) By
extension,
any
material
used for the same
purpose..
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..
Space
::
Space (n.) A
quantity
or
portion
of
extension;
distance
from one thing to
another;
an
interval
between
any two or more
objects;
as, the space
between
two stars or two
hills;
the sound was heard for the space of a
mile..
Pretension
::
Pretension
(n.) The act of
pretending,
or
laying
claim;
the act of
asserting
right or
title..
Prevalence
::
Prevalence
(n.) The
quality
or
condition
of being
prevalent;
superior
strength,
force,
or
influence;
general
existence,
reception,
or
practice;
wide
extension;
as, the
prevalence
of
virtue,
of a
fashion,
or of a
disease;
the
prevalence
of a
rumor..
Tonicity
::
Tonicity
(n.) The state of
healthy
tension
or
partial
contraction
of
muscle
fibers
while at rest; tone;
tonus.
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