Tension

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The act or process of stretching something tight. noun

The condition of so being stretched; tautness. noun

A force tending to stretch or elongate something. noun

A measure of such a force. noun

Mental, emotional, or nervous strain. noun

Barely controlled hostility or a strained relationship between people or groups. noun

A balanced relation between strongly opposing elements. noun

The interplay of conflicting elements in a piece of literature, especially a poem. noun

A device for regulating tautness, especially a device that controls the tautness of thread on a sewing machine or loom. noun

Voltage or potential; electromotive force. noun

To subject to tension; tighten. transitive verb

To make tense; give the right degree of tension to; draw out; strain.

The act of stretching, straining, or making tense; the state of being stretched or strained to stiffness; the condition of being bent or strained. noun

In mech., stress, or the force by which a bar, rod, string, or the like is pulled when forming part of any system in equilibrium or in motion. noun

In physics. a constrained condition of the particles of bodies, arising from the action of antagonistic forces, in which they tend to return to their former condition; elastic force. noun

In statical elect., the mechanical stress across a dielectric, due to accumulated charges, as in a condenser; hence, the same as surface-density (the amount of electricity at any point of the surface of a charged conductor); more commonly used, in dynamical electricity, to mean about the same as difference of potential: thus, a current of high tension is popularly a current of high electromotive force. noun

Mental strain, stretch, or application; strong or severe intellectual effort; strong excitement of feeling; great activity or strain of the emotions or the will. noun

The condition of being held in a state between two or more forces, which are acting in opposition to each other.

Psychological state of being tense.

A feeling of nervousness, excitement, or fear that is created in a movie, book, etc.; suspense.

State of an elastic object which is stretched in a way which increases its length.

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).

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.

Uneasiness state unrelaxment Tightness in the esophagus Urban Dictionary

Tension is uncomfortable situations like riding away on a moto butt naked and loving it. It is tripping over infront of cops on purpose and just all out the stupidest shit you could think off. Its also a video done by the east coast boys on there bodyboards. Urban Dictionary

Tensions, similar to sexual tension, is when awkwardness is building up between two people or in a situation. Urban Dictionary

In modeling, it refers to the state of exhibiting intense fierceness with one's face and body during a photo shoot. One who does not exhibit tension can be said to resemble a "limp noodle". It quickly became a favorite term of supermodel Tyra Banks on the twelfth cycle of America's Next Top Model, much to everyone's annoyance. For more examples of Tyraspeak, see "smize", "H2T", and "Ty-over". Urban Dictionary

Tension is basically like Twomp, except 10. 10 dollars worth of anything, or 10 dollars. Urban Dictionary

When your girlfriend really wants your attention but your busy so she says "gimme tension" Urban Dictionary

Tension on the internet Urban Dictionary

The tension felt between two people who want to do something sexual together but hold back. Urban Dictionary

When you are taking a deuce in public, and someone walks into the bathroom, so you close your cheeks with all your might. Of course, when the bathroom is empty, your bowels explode your shit outward at Mach 3. Urban Dictionary

The specific category of sexual tension experienced when on a trip with colleagues/ coworkers/ fellow students. This type of tension usually results from unconscious excitement due to a new environment and a desire to avoid being alone in a travel-related situation (such as a bus ride or a tour). The results of trip tension can be anything from a one time hook up to a full fledged relationship (or a distinct feeling of loneliness for those who fail to find someone compatible and also experiencing trip tension). Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to tension:
tension, pension, tenson, tensin, tention, tensilon, xtension.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word tension:
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Words that rhyme with tension:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe tension:
high, nervous, low, interfacial, emotional, arterial, muscular, constant, international, sexual, racial, political, dramatic, considerable, much, creative, inner, maximum, extreme, excessive, dynamic, premenstrual, initial, greater, internal, normal, lower, less, length, mental, uniaxial, diagonal, dialectical, ocular, psychological, communal, proper, intraocular, inherent, slight, undue, ethnic, greatest, axial, unresolved, fundamental, isometric, highest, alveolar, chronic, electric, acute, unbearable, continuous, uniform, severe, psychic, heightened, sufficient, longitudinal, sudden, enough, pure, permanent, ongoing, painful, intracranial, inevitable, excess, utmost, uneasy, tremendous.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective tension:
type, reduction, compression, band, release, test, anxiety, field, torsion, leg, pain, free, relaxation, time, driven, penetration, building, management, extension, flow, length, resolution, fatigue, rod, control, velocity, weld, strain, relieving, tests, discharge, producing, testing, reducing, depression, pattern, imagery, bar, impact, moisture, tolerance, gain, easing, the, bond.

Words that sound like tension:
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