tension

• feelings of hostility that are not manifest
• (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
• the physical condition of being stretched or strained
• a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature)
• (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body
• the action of stretching something tight
• The act of stretching or straining
• Fig.: Extreme strain of mind or excitement of feeling
• The degree of stretching to which a wire, cord, piece of timber, or the like, is strained by drawing it in the direction of its length
• The force by which a part is pulled when forming part of any system in equilibrium or in motion
• A device for checking the delivery of the thread in a sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required degree of tightness
• Expansive force
• The quality in consequence of which an electric charge tends to discharge itself, as into the air by a spark, or to pass from a body of greater to one of less electrical potential. It varies as the quantity of electricity upon a given area
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Congo in Pool

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