tension

Meaning

1. The condition of being held in a state between two or more forces, which are acting in opposition to each other.
2. Psychological state of being tense.
3. A feeling of nervousness, excitement, or fear that is created in a movie, book, etc.; suspense.
4. State of an elastic object which is stretched in a way which increases its length.
5. Force transmitted through a rope, string, cable, or similar object (used with prepositions on, in, or of, e.g., "The tension in the cable is 1000 N", to convey that the same magnitude of force applies to objects attached to both ends).
6. 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.

latent hostility

stretching force

tensile force

potential difference

mental strain

tensile strength

pull tight

pulling force

dramatic character/quality

potential drop

motive force

expansion force

swelling power

expansive power

expansible force

bulging force

electric potential

expansive force

Frequency

Hyphenated as

ten‧sion

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɛnʃən/

Borrowed from Middle French tension, from Latin tēnsiō, tēnsiōnem.

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