Tension Definition
tĕnshən
tensioned, tensioning, tensions
noun
tensions
The act or process of stretching something tight.
American Heritage Medicine
A tensing or being tensed.
Webster's New World
The condition of so being stretched; tautness.
American Heritage Medicine
Mental or nervous strain, often accompanied by muscular tautness.
Webster's New World
A state of strained relations; uneasiness due to mutual hostility.
Webster's New World
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verb
To subject to tension.
Webster's New World
Origin of Tension
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Latin tēnsiō tēnsiōn- a stretching out from tēnsus past participle of tendere to stretch tense1
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle French tension.
From Wiktionary
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