tension -
the physical condition of being stretched or strained; "it places great tension on the leg muscles"; "he could feel the tenseness of her body"
status,
condition the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"
tension -
(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"
yips nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts); "to avoid the yips he changed his style of putting"
tension -
(physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body; "the direction of maximum tension moves asymptotically toward the direction of the shear"
stress the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
natural philosophy,
physics the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics"
tension -
the action of stretching something tight; "tension holds the belt in the pulleys"
stretching act of expanding by lengthening or widening
tension -
a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature); "there is a tension created between narrative time and movie time"; "there is a tension between these approaches to understanding history"
balance a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
artistic creation,
artistic production,
art the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"
Tension -
feelings of hostility that are not manifest; "he could sense her latent hostility to him"; "the diplomats' first concern was to reduce international tensions"
enmity,
antagonism,
hostility (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure
Tension -
Condition of being held in a state between two or more forces, which are acting in opposition to each other.
Tension -
Voltage. Usually only the terms low tension, high tension, and extra-high tension, and the abbreviations LT, HT, and EHT are used. They are not precisely defined; LT is normally a few volts, HT a few hundreds of volts, and EHT thousands of volts.
Verb
Tension -
To place an object in tension, to pull or place strain on.
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Tension Difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension.
