TENSION


Meaning of TENSION in English

■ noun

1》 the state of being tense.

↘a strained state or condition resulting from forces acting in opposition to each other.

2》 mental or emotional strain.

↘a strained political or social state.

3》 the degree of stitch tightness in knitting and machine sewing.

4》 voltage of specified magnitude: high ~.

■ verb subject to ~.

Derivatives

~al adjective

~ally adverb

~er noun

~less adjective

Origin

C16: from Fr., or from L. tensio(n-) , from tendere 'to stretch'.

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