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Tensional

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Adjective

1. tensional

of or relating to or produced by tension

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tensional

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noun
1. 
the act of stretching or the state or degree of being stretched
2. 
mental or emotional strain; stress
3. 
a situation or condition of hostility, suspense, or uneasiness
4. physics
a force that tends to produce an elongation of a body or structure
5. physics
a. 
voltage, electromotive force, or potential difference
b. 
(in combination)
high-tension
low-tension
6. 
a device for regulating the tension in a part, string, thread, etc, as in a sewing machine
7. knitting
the degree of tightness or looseness with which a person knits

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Tensional

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noun
1. 
a tensing or being tensed
2. 
mental or nervous strain, often accompanied by muscular tautness
3. 
a state of strained relations; uneasiness due to mutual hostility
4. 
a device for regulating tension or tautness, as of thread in a sewing machine
5. 
voltage
6.  Loosely
the expansive force, or pressure, of a gas or vapor
7. 
a. 
stress on a material produced by the pull of forces tending to cause extension
b. 
a force or combination of forces exerting such a pull against the resistance of the material
8. 
a balancing of forces or elements in opposition
verb transitive
9. 
to subject to tension

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Tensional

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tr.v. ten·sioned, ten·sion·ing, ten·sions
To subject to tension; tighten.
n.
1.
a. The act or process of stretching something tight.
b. The condition of so being stretched; tautness.
2.
a. A force tending to stretch or elongate something.
b. A measure of such a force: a tension on the cable of 50 pounds.
3.
a. Mental, emotional, or nervous strain: working under great tension to make a deadline.
b. Barely controlled hostility or a strained relationship between people or groups: the dangerous tension between opposing military powers.
4. A balanced relation between strongly opposing elements: "the continuing, and essential, tension between two of the three branches of government, judicial and legislative" (Haynes Johnson).
5. The interplay of conflicting elements in a piece of literature, especially a poem.
6. A device for regulating tautness, especially a device that controls the tautness of thread on a sewing machine or loom.
7. Electricity Voltage or potential; electromotive force.

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