
Tension brace
(Engin.) a brace or member designed to resist tension, or subjected to tension, in a structure.
Tension rod
(Engin.) an iron rod used as a tension member to strengthen timber or metal framework, roofs, or the like.
Noun1.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"
Synonyms: stress, tenseness
4.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"
5.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"
6.tension - the action of stretching something tight; "tension holds the belt in the pulleys"
Discordia, Eris, agitation, all-overs, angst, anxiety hysteria, anxiety neurosis, anxious bench, anxious concern, anxious seat, anxiousness, apprehensiveness, bloat, bloating, breaking point, cankerworm of care, care, chill, chilliness, clash, clashing, clutch, coldness, concern, concernment, conflict, contention, coolness, crisis, crunch, disaccord, disaffinity, discomfort, discord, discordance, discordancy, disharmony, disquiet, disquietude, distension, distress, disturbance, dread, edginess, elongation, emergency, enmity, exigency, extension, extreme tension, fear, fidgetiness, firmness, force, foreboding, forebodingness, friction, frost, haul, heave, high pressure, iciness, imperativeness, incompatibility, incompatibleness, inflation, inharmoniousness, inharmony, inhospitality, inimicality, inquietude, jangle, jar, jitteriness, jumpiness, lengthening, malaise, mental strain, mischief, misgiving, nerves, nervous strain, nervous tension, nervousness, noncooperation, open conflict, overanxiety, overdistension, overdrawing, overexertion, overexpansion, overextension, overstrain, overstraining, overstress, overstretching, overtaxing, personal conflict, perturbation, pinch, pins and needles, press, production, prolongation, protraction, pucker, pull, rack, renitence, renitency, rigidity, rigidness, rigor, rub, snapping point, solicitude, starchiness, stew, stiffness, strained relations, straining, stress and strain, stressfulness, stretch, stretching, stringing out, suspense, swelling, tautness, taxing, tenseness, tensity, tightness, traction, trouble, tug, unamiability, uncordiality, unease, uneasiness, unfriendliness, ungeniality, unharmoniousness, unpleasantness, unquietness, unsociability, upset, urgency, vexation, worry, zeal
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Tenrec ecaudatus
tense system
tense up
tensile strength
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Tension brace
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Tension rod
tensor product
tensor tympani
Tent bed
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