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Definition of tension
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Tension
(a.) A
device
for
checking
the
delivery
of the
thread
in a
sewing
machine,
so as to give the
stitch
the
required
degree
of
tightness..
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Soap
::
Soap (n.) A
substance
which
dissolves
in
water,
thus
forming
a
lather,
and is used as a
cleansing
agent.
Soap is
produced
by
combining
fats or oils with
alkalies
or
alkaline
earths,
usually
by
boiling,
and
consists
of salts of
sodium,
potassium,
etc., with the fatty acids
(oleic,
stearic,
palmitic,
etc.).
See the Note
below,
and cf.
Saponification.
By
extension,
any
compound
of
similar
composition
or
properties,
whether
used as a
cleaning
agent or not..
Tract
::
Tract (v.)
Continuity
or
extension
of
anything;
as, the tract of
speech..
Quack
::
Quack (v. i.) To make vain and loud
pretensions;
to
boast.
Crith
::
Crith (n.) The unit for
estimating
the
weight
of
a/riform
substances;
-- the
weight
of a liter of
hydrogen
at 0/
centigrade,
and with a
tension
of 76
centimeters
of
mercury.
It is
0.0896
of a gram, or
1.38274
grains..
Brace
::
Brace (n.) The state of being
braced
or
tight;
tension.
Tensure
::
Tensure
(n.)
Tension.
Manometer
::
Manometer
(n.) An
instrument
for
measuring
the
tension
or
elastic
force of
gases,
steam,
etc.,
constructed
usually
on the
principle
of
allowing
the gas to exert its
elastic
force in
raising
a
column
of
mercury
in an open tube, or in
compressing
a
portion
of air or other gas in a
closed
tube with
mercury
or other
liquid
intervening,
or in
bending
a
metallic
or other
spring
so as to set in
motion
an
index;
a
pressure
gauge.
See
Pressure,
and
Illust.
of Air
pump..
Inmate
::
Inmate
(n.) One who lives in the same house or
apartment
with
another;
a
fellow
lodger;
esp.,one
of the
occupants
of an
asylum,
hospital,
or
prison;
by
extension,
one who
occupies
or
lodges
in any place or
dwelling..
Drugget
::
Drugget
(n.) By
extension,
any
material
used for the same
purpose..
Lap
::
Lap (n.) That part of any
substance
or
fixture
which
extends
over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of
another;
as, the lap of a
board;
also, the
measure
of such
extension
over or upon
another
thing..
Carry
::
Carry (v. t.) To
convey
by
extension
or
continuance;
to
extend;
as, to carry the
chimney
through
the roof; to carry a road ten miles
farther..
Rust
::
Rust (n.) The
reddish
yellow
coating
formed
on iron when
exposed
to moist air,
consisting
of
ferric
oxide or
hydroxide;
hence,
by
extension,
any
metallic
film of
corrosion..
Leg
::
Leg (n.) An
extension
of the
boiler
downward,
in the form of a
narrow
space
between
vertical
plates,
sometimes
nearly
surrounding
the
furnace
and ash pit, and
serving
to
support
the
boiler;
--
called
also water leg..
Universal
::
Universal
(a.)
Forming
the whole of a
genus;
relatively
unlimited
in
extension;
affirmed
or
denied
of the whole of a
subject;
as, a
universal
proposition;
--
opposed
to
particular;
e. g.
(universal
affirmative)
All men are
animals;
(universal
negative)
No men are
omniscient..
Braggadocio
::
Braggadocio
(n.) Empty
boasting;
mere brag;
pretension.
Stretch
::
Stretch
(v. i.) To be
extended,
or to bear
extension,
without
breaking,
as
elastic
or
ductile
substances..
Yankee
::
Yankee
(n.) A
nickname
for a
native
or
citizen
of New
England,
especially
one
descended
from old New
England
stock;
by
extension,
an
inhabitant
of the
Northern
States
as
distinguished
from a
Southerner;
also,
applied
sometimes
by
foreigners
to any
inhabitant
of the
United
States..
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..
Olefine
::
Olefine
(n.)
Olefiant
gas, or
ethylene;
hence,
by
extension,
any one of the
series
of
unsaturated
hydrocarbons
of which
ethylene
is a type. See
Ethylene..
Plain
::
Plain
(superl.)
Not
highly
cultivated;
unsophisticated;
free from show or
pretension;
simple;
natural;
homely;
common.
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