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"Tension" Definition
noun
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).
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A device for regulating tautness, especially a device that controls the tautness of thread on a sewing machine or loom.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A force tending to stretch or elongate something.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A measure of such a force: a tension on the cable of 50 pounds.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Barely controlled hostility or a strained relationship between people or groups: the dangerous tension between opposing military powers.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-transitive
To subject to tension; tighten.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To subject to tension.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To tighten to a desired or appropriate degree.
Source: Merriam-Webster