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Definition of tension
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Tension
(a.) The act of
stretching
or
straining;
the state of being
stretched
or
strained
to
stiffness;
the state of being bent
strained;
as, the
tension
of the
muscles,
tension
of the
larynx..
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Pretence
::
Pretence
(n.) The act of
laying
claim;
the claim laid;
assumption;
pretension.
Entonic
::
Entonic
(a.)
Having
great
tension,
or
exaggerated
action..
Charlatanical
::
Charlatanical
(a.) Of or like a
charlatan;
making
undue
pretension;
empirical;
pretentious;
quackish.
Vignette
::
Vignette
(n.) A
decorative
design,
originally
representing
vine
branches
or
tendrils,
at the head of a
chapter,
of a
manuscript
or
printed
book, or in a
similar
position;
hence,
by
extension,
any small
picture
in a book;
hence,
also, as such
pictures
are often
without
a
definite
bounding
line, any
picture,
as an
engraving,
a
photograph,
or the like, which
vanishes
gradually
at the
edge..
Heading
::
Heading
(n.) The
extension
of a line
ruffling
above the line of
stitch.
Extension
::
Extension
(v. t.) The
straightening
of a limb, in
distinction
from
flexion..
Inextension
::
Inextension
(n.) Want of
extension;
unextended
state.
Enlargement
::
Enlargement
(n.)
Expansion
or
extension,
as of the
powers
of the mind;
ennoblement,
as of the
feelings
and
character;
as, an
enlargement
of
views,
of
knowledge,
of
affection..
Saponin
::
Saponin
(n.) A
poisonous
glucoside
found in many
plants,
as in the root of
soapwort
(Saponaria),
in the bark of soap bark
(Quillaia),
etc. It is
extracted
as a white
amorphous
powder,
which
occasions
a soapy
lather
in
solution,
and
produces
a local
anaesthesia.
Formerly
called
also
struthiin,
quillaiin,
senegin,
polygalic
acid, etc. By
extension,
any one of a group of
related
bodies
of which
saponin
proper
is the
type..
Enlargement
::
Enlargement
(n.) The act of
increasing
in size or bulk, real or
apparent;
the state of being
increased;
augmentation;
further
extension;
expansion..
Extensometer
::
Extensometer
(n.) An
instrument
for
measuring
the
extension
of a body,
especially
for
measuring
the
elongation
of bars of iron,
steel,
or other
material,
when
subjected
to a
tensile
force..
Disclaimer
::
Disclaimer
(n.) A
public
disavowal,
as of
pretensions,
claims,
opinions,
and the
like..
Tensility
::
Tensility
(n.) The
quality
or state of being
tensile,
or
capable
of
extension;
tensibility;
as, the
tensility
of the
muscles..
Suction
::
Sucrose
(n.) A
common
variety
of sugar found in the
juices
of many
plants,
as the sugar cane,
sorghum,
sugar
maple,
beet root, etc. It is
extracted
as a
sweet,
white
crystalline
substance
which is
valuable
as a food
product,
and, being
antiputrescent,
is
largely
used in the
preservation
of
fruit.
Called
also
saccharose,
cane
sugar,
etc. By
extension,
any one of the class of
isomeric
substances
(as
lactose,
maltose,
etc.) of which
sucrose
proper
is the
type..
Dimension
::
Dimension
(n.) The
degree
of
manifoldness
of a
quantity;
as, time is
quantity
having
one
dimension;
volume
has three
dimensions,
relative
to
extension..
Bowie Knife
::
Bowie knife () A knife with a
strong
blade from ten to
fifteen
inches
long, and
double-edged
near the
point;
-- used as a
hunting
knife,
and
formerly
as a
weapon
in the
southwestern
part of the
United
States.
It was named from its
inventor,
Colonel
James
Bowie.
Also, by
extension,
any large
sheath
knife..
Tension
::
Tension
(a.) 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..
Ostension
::
Ostension
(n.) The
showing
of the
sacrament
on the altar in order that it may
receive
the
adoration
of the
communicants.
Music
::
Music (n.) The
science
and the art of
tones,
or
musical
sounds,
i. e.,
sounds
of
higher
or lower
pitch,
begotten
of
uniform
and
synchronous
vibrations,
as of a
string
at
various
degrees
of
tension;
the
science
of
harmonical
tones which
treats
of the
principles
of
harmony,
or the
properties,
dependences,
and
relations
of tones to each
other;
the art of
combining
tones in a
manner
to
please
the ear..
Intensive
::
Intensive
(a.)
Stretched;
admitting
of
intension,
or
increase
of
degree;
that can be
intensified..
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