tensão

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (feminine) tenseness (the characteristic of being tense)
2. (feminine) tension (psychological state of being tense)
3. (feminine) tension (state of an elastic object which is stretched in a way which increases its length)
4. (feminine) stress (the internal distribution of force per unit area)
5. (feminine) tension; voltage
6. (feminine) a situation where conflict between social groups is imminent
7. (feminine) tenseness (a particular vowel or consonant quality)
8. (Provençal, feminine) tenson (debate between two interlocutors)

Teenoorgestelde van

frouxidão

Sinonieme

nervosismo

stress

sobrecarga

voltagem

vida agitada

tono

tensão mecânica

fadiga

trabalho excessivo

pressão

Vertalings

tension

tensión

Spannung

tension

tensione

spanning

tensió

stress

voltage

ένταση

strain

توتُّر

tension électrique

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geleen van Latyn: tensiō

In summary

Borrowed from Latin tēnsiōnem (“stretching; tension”), from tendō (“to stretch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). Doublet of the inherited tesão.