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English

Etymology
From MF. tension#French|tension.

Pronunciation
/�ten��n/, /<tt>"tenS@n</tt>/

Noun
en-noun

1. psychological|Psychological state of being tense.
2. Condition of being held in a state between two or more forces, which are acting in opposition to each other
3. physics engineering State of an elastic object which is stretched in a way which increases its length.
4. physics voltage|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.

Related terms
tensional

Translations
trans-top|psychological state
Czech: nap�tí n
Finnish: jännitys
French: #French|tension
German: Spannung f
trans-mid
Japanese: �張 (kinch�), �� (fuan)
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trans-top|state of an elastic object
Finnish: jännitys
French: #French|tension
German: Spannung f
trans-mid
Japanese: 張� (ch�ryoku)
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trans-top|voltage
Czech: nap�tí n
Finnish: jännite
French: #French|tension
German: Spannung f
trans-mid
Japanese: �� (den'atsu)
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ttbc|Italian: tensione
ttbc|Dutch: inspanning, spanning, spankracht

French
Etymology
From L. tensionem.

Noun
fr-noun|f

1. #English|tension
2. blood pressure

Related terms
tendre

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