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Definition: Tension |
TensionNoun1. Feelings of hostility that are not manifest; "he could sense her latent hostility to him"; "the diplomats' first concern was to reduce international tensions". 2. A state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor". 3. The physical condition of being stretched or strained; "it places great tension on the leg muscles"; "he could feel the tenseness of her body". 4. A balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature); "there is a tension created between narrative time and movie time"; "there is a tension between these approaches to understanding history". 5. (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body; "the direction of maximum tension moves asymptotically toward the direction of the shear". 6. The action of stretching something tight; "tension holds the belt in the pulleys". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tension" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Etymology: Tension \Ten"sion\, noun. [Latin tensio, from tendere, tensum, to stretch: compare to French tension. See Tense, adjective]. (references) |
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Business | As the most compelling inner determinants of human behavior, -- are also called drives, urges, impulses, needs, wants, tensions, and willful cravings. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | A force in a material tending to produce extension; the state of being stretched. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. In subsidence, the amount of lengthening per unit of measurement b. In engineering, a pulling force or stress; metals in tension are strong, while concrete and masonry are weak c. A system of forces tending to draw apart the parts of a body, esp. of a belt, a line, a cord, or a sheet, combined with an equal and opposite system of resisting forces of cohesion holding the parts of the body together. The stress caused by pulling; opposite of compression and distinguished from torsion d. Sometimes used in place of voltage or electromotive force.See also:tension zone. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In physics, tension is a force on a body directed to produce extension; it can be considered to be negative compression. It is measured in according units (newton, dynes, pound-forces, etc). Tension is the dominant static force acting on such objects as a guitar string or a stretched rubber band.Hooke's Law states the relation between the stress on an object and the resultant increase in its length.
The word 'tension' is also sometimes used to refer to electrical voltage; this is the usage in the term high-tension line.
See also: surface tension
Colloquially, 'tension' is used to refer to physiological or mental stress.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tension."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| TEA | English | Tension Energy Absorption | Electrical Engineering |
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Synonyms: TensionSynonyms: latent hostility (n), stress (n), tautness (n), tenseness (n), tensity (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: drive-in (business, medicine). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Excitation | Noun: excitation of feeling; mental excitement; suscitation, galvanism, stimulation, piquance, piquancy, provocation, inspiration, calling forth, infection; animation, agitation, perturbation; subjugation, fascination, intoxication; enravishment; entrancement; pressure, tension, high pressure. |
Length | Lengthening; Verb: prolongation, production, protraction; tension, tensure; extension. |
Strength | Noun: strength; power; energy; vigor, force; main force, physical force, brute force; spring, elasticity, tone, tension, tonicity. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Tension |
| English words defined with "tension": interfacial surface tension, interfacial tension ♦ Tension brace, tension headache, Tension member, Tension rod. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "tension": effective belt tension ♦ maximum belt tension, maximum operating belt tension ♦ ring tension ♦ sag belt tension ♦ tension carriage, tension checker, tension correction, tension flange, TENSION GUIDE, tension jack, tension machine operator, tension regulators. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "tension": Thermotension. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Tension" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (intension, output, pressure, straining, stress, stretch, tension, voltage), French (pressure, strain, stress, tautness, tenseness, tensility, tension, undertow, voltage), German (tension). |
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Screenplays | If I could bottle the sexual tension between Bonnie Franklin and Shnyder, I could solve the energy crisis (Reality Bites; writing credit: Ben Stiller, written by Helen Childress.) We interrupt this program to increase dramatic tension. (Freakazoid!; writing credit: Alan Burnett; Paul Dini) Nancy was saying you were having some tension about oral sex. (Flirting with Disaster; writing credit: David O. Russell) I'm just kidding! Just breaking the tension! (Carpool; writing credit: Don Rhymer) Well, at least get the tension on that bun checked (Cheers; writing credit: Isaac Cronin; Wayne Wang) | |
Lyrics | In `65 tension was running high at my high school (MY HOMETOWN; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen) Is a new kind of tension. (Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now); performing artist: Cracker) We can work it out together stop the tension. (A Little Bit; performing artist: Jessica Simpson) Metal under tension (Danger Zone; performing artist: Kenny Loggins) All the tension in the world today (Take A Look Around; performing artist: Limp Bizkit) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Alta tension Alerta (1967) Tension at Table Rock (1956) High Tension (1936) Haute tension (2003) Low Budget (The Making of a Letter From Death Row) High Tension (1999) | |
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 | By applying the adherent properties associated with the surface tension of water, these specialized hairs hold the larva parallel to the water's surface in a characteristic horizontal position. Credit: CDC. |  | Making contact at rear end of tape Man standing is maintaining pre-set constant tension on line Man kneeling is reading tape Fig. No. 11, Appendix No. 3, Report of Superintendent ... 1901, p. 258. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Base line measurement - maintaining proper tension on the tape. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Trawl net being towed. Small diameter wire attached to net mensuration sensors and holds sensors at constant tension so as not to foul net. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Figure 41. Apstein instrument and graph for determining the depth of horizontal ly towed nets. First noted by Carl Apstein in 1909, this instrument was used for many years to determine the depth of net at various towing speeds and amount of tension on the towing line. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 45. Pettersson small chain hydrometer, designed by Professors Otto and Hans Pettersson in 1917. This instrument eliminated difficulties associated with the surface tension of the sample as well as variations of volume. A small metal chain helped achieve a balance by compensating for the buoyancy of the float as a function of the density of the liquid. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Physiology : Simple Myograph (muscle tension). Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | When her hands touched the keys a new tension came into the slender figure. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Well, anyhow, the tension is relieved. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Dutch Gross, ex world war veteran, trapeze artist, airplane stunt man, friend of "Spike" Conner, the famous blood donner, and the only man to fall out of an airplane at 2000 feet and live (he fell on high tension wire) Better known as "the Flying Dutchma. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Tension" by Aytun Çelebi Commentary: "A scary "knock knock", you dont wanna see what is next :)." | "Bridge tension cables" by Luis Alves Commentary: "Named after the famous 15th-century explorer, Vasco da Gama, this immense cable-stayed bridge across the Tagus River is eleven miles long. The actual construction time of this structure represented a world record for a bridge of this scale. The center sp" |
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 | Suspense; anxiety; apprehension; chiller; cliff-hanger; expectancy; expectation; grabber; hesitancy; hesitation; impatience; indecision; indecisiveness; insecurity; irresolution; page-turner; perplexity; potboiler; tension; thriller; uncertainty; tense; i. | | Exciting; intense; suspenseful; tense; tension. |
| Electricity; voltage; volts; power; AC; DC; current; electromagneticism; electron; galvanism; heat; hot stuff; ignition; juice; light; magneticism; neutron; positron; proton; radioactivity; service; spark; tension; utilities; energy; kilowatts. | | Electricity; voltage; volts; power; AC; DC; current; electromagneticism; electron; galvanism; heat; hot stuff; ignition; juice; light; magneticism; neutron; positron; proton; radioactivity; service; spark; tension; utilities; energy; kilowatts. |
| Electricity; voltage; volts; power; AC; DC; current; electromagneticism; electron; galvanism; heat; hot stuff; ignition; juice; light; magneticism; neutron; positron; proton; radioactivity; service; spark; tension; utilities; energy; kilowatts. | ||
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Byron Nelson | One way to break up any kind of tension is good deep breathing. |
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive. |
Henry David Thoreau | The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of an instrument. |
Norman Mailer | I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creative act. It discharges the tension. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | But nothing checks or interrupts the tension of all these energies towards their object |
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Health | Supplemental heat application may relieve muscle tension. (references) | |
Eventually tension mounts to the point where the tic escapes. (references) | ||
Or it's a dull ache above your brow after a day of stress and tension. (references) | ||
Business | Per capita GDP was about $4,100, but consumption and wages remained below 1994 levels, producing high levels of crime and social tension. (references) | |
The testing of nuclear weapons in Xinjiang in past years is another source of tension because of health concerns and environmental degradation. (references) | ||
Germany and Italy each sent more than 700,000 tourists to Egypt in 2000, and France and Britain each provided another 350,000. Approximately 350,000 visitors came from the Gulf countries, which represents a 5% decline from the previous year. Interestingly, Israeli tourists numbered a respectable 450,000, although travel to Sinai region (where Egypt shares a border with Israel) declined by an estimated 90% since October 2000 due to political tension in the region. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | India | During periods of civil tension, the authorities may ban public assemblies or impose a curfew under the Criminal Procedure Code. (references) |
Sierra Leone | The large influx of IDP's and the lack of resources caused tension between local residents and IDP's; however, there were no reported incidents of violence between IDP's and local residents. (references) | |
Zimbabwe | There is some tension between the Government and some of the indigenous African churches because of the latter's preference for prayer over medical practices that result in the reduction of avoidable childhood diseases and deaths. (references) | |
Discrimination | Singapore | Mindful of the country's history of intercommunal tension, the Government takes affirmative measures to ensure racial, ethnic, religious, and cultural nondiscrimination. (references) |
Belize | Discrimination on ethnic or religious grounds is illegal and rare, although ethnic tension, particularly resentment of recently arrived Central American and Asian immigrants, continued to be a problem. (references) | |
Economic History | Mauritania | The tension between these two visions remains a feature of the political dialogue. (references) |
Human Rights | Uruguay | The uncertainty as to how long one may be imprisoned is a factor creating tension within the country's prisons. (references) |
India | Communal tension rose following a tribal militant attack in which three Bengalis were killed and three were kidnaped. (references) | |
Albania | Tension continued between the police and the judiciary, despite some improvement in relations between police and prosecutors, especially outside Tirana. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Indonesia | Land disputes are a major source of tension throughout the country, particularly in many sparsely populated resource-rich areas traditionally inhabited by indigenous people. (references) |
Canada | Disputes over land claims, self-government, treaty rights, taxation, duty-free imports, fishing and hunting rights, and alleged harassment by police continued to be sources of tension on reserves. (references) | |
Minorities | Madagascar | These policies feed enduring tension between coastal and highland inhabitants. (references) |
Political Economy | Ghana | Religious differences led to tension and occasional clashes between different groups. (references) |
Syria | Uncertainty about the Middle East peace process and sporadic tension over Iraq has diminished investor confidence in the region. (references) | |
Italy | Italy's proximity to areas of tension in the Balkans, the Eastern Mediterranean, and North Africa underscores its strategic significance. (references) | |
Travel | Cote D'ivoire | Medium tension rates vary from 3.5 cents to 8 cents (off-peak versus peak hours) and high voltage users pay between 1.4 and 2.5 cents per kWh plus USD 6 per month per kW of installed capacity. (references) |
Russia | Conditions in Chechnya and surrounding areas are extremely dangerous due to continued military action and political tension in the area and the State Department has issued a permanent warning against traveling to this area. (references) | |
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Al Hunt | Bob, alas, you did not go for our bait to get into a new fight with David Obey, but I think the tension between Mitch Daniels and the appropriators on Capitol Hill is inherent, it's going to continue, and it's because of those big tax cuts. |
Mitch Daniels | I have a lot of regard for all of the Appropriations leadership. There's some inherent tension between their job as they see it and my assignment from the president. And I'll do my best to keep things as civil as the president insists that we keep them. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | We should like to continue the exchange of views on the prohibition of atomic and thermonuclear weapons, general disarmament, and other problems relating to the relaxation of international tension. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Cyrus Vance, and others helped to ease this tension. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Through this dialogue, we have ensured against bilateral misunderstandings and miscalculations which might escalate out of control, and have managed to avoid the injection of superpower rivalries into areas of tension like the Iran-Iraq conflict. |
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| "Tension" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.88% of the time. "Tension" is used about 3,197 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.88% | 3,193 | 2,963 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.06% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (common) | 0.06% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,197 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "tension": area of tension ♦ arterial tension ♦ breakdown tension ♦ drop of tension ♦ extra high tension ♦ grid tension ♦ high tension ♦ high tension anode ♦ insufficient tension ♦ interfacial surface tension ♦ interfacial tension ♦ intraocular tension ♦ lose tension ♦ low tension ♦ Muscle tension ♦ nervous tension ♦ political tension ♦ premenstrual tension ♦ Premenstrual Tension Syndrome ♦ reduction of tension ♦ surface tension ♦ Tension brace ♦ tension headache ♦ Tension member ♦ tension regulators ♦ Tension rod ♦ tension roller ♦ tension set ♦ tension test ♦ vapor tension ♦ vapour tension ♦ volta electric tension. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "tension": tension-fatigue, tension-filled, tension-free, tension-leg, tension-packed, tension-reducing, tension-release, tension-releasing, tension-relieving, tension-ridden, tension-soothing, tension-to-pitch, tension-wise. | |
Ending with "tension": cohesion-tension, high-tension, hyper-tension, low-tension. | |
Containing "tension": low-tension anode. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "tension"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | spanning (voltage). (various references) | |
Albanian | tensionim (tensity), tension (intension, output, pressure, straining, stress, stretch, voltage), tendosje (effort, exertion, strain, straining, stretch, stretching), zor (coercion, compulsion, constraint, difficulty, embarrassment, uneasiness), zgjatje (duration, elongation, extending, extension, lasting, persistence, persistency, prolongation, protraction, protrusion, reach, spreading, stretch, swing), presion (onset, press, pressure), ndemje (strain, stress), marrëveshje të keqe. (various references) | |
Arabic | وتر (bow, catgut, chord, cord, gut, nerve, sinew, snare, strain, string, tauten, tendon, tense), توتر (in a stew, strain, stress, tauten, tautness, tense, tenseness, tensity, tighten), ضغط (bear in mind, compress, compressing, compression, crowd, depress, duress, force, hustle, jam, lay stress on smth., lean, lobby, lobbying, pinch, press, pressure, push, screw, smash, squeeze, strain, stress, telescope), جهد (dint, effort, exert, exertion, labor, labour, overload, overstrain, overwork, pain, pressure, spirt, spurt, strain, stress, worry), الشدادة أداة, شد (chock, drawing, enthral, enthrall, harness, lace, pull, strain, thrill, tighten, twitch). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | създавам напрегнатост, разтягане (expansion, extension, strain, straining, stretch, stretching), с високо напрежение, с ниско напрежение, обтягане (strain), обтегнати отношения (outs), опъване (draw, strain, straining, traction), опнатост, налягане (fall, pressure, push), напрегнатост (intension, intensity, strenuousness, stretch, suspense, tensity, tightness), напрежение (effort, electricity, exertion, intension, intensity, press, pressure, push, strain, stress, stretch, suspense, tensity), еластичност (bounce, contractility, deflection, deflexion, ductility, elasticity, give, pliability, resilience, resiliency, spring, springiness, stretch), подлагам на напрежение, изопнатост, изпънатост (tautness). (various references) | |
Catalan | voltatge (voltage). (various references) | |
Chinese | 緊張 (critical, intense, nervous, strained, tense), 紧张 (jittering, jittery, nerve-racking, Nervous, stressful, uptight). (various references) | |
Czech | napnutost, napnout (flex, heave out, strain, stretch, tense, tighten), napínání, napìtí (animosity, strain, straining, stress, stretch, suspense, suspension, voltage). (various references) | |
Danish | spænding (intensity of stress, stress, unit stress, voltage), anstrengelse. (various references) | |
Dutch | spanning (anxiety, voltage), tensie (stress, tonus). (various references) | |
Esperanto | tensio (voltage), streĉo, streĉiĝo. (various references) | |
Farsi | فشار (Brunt, Constraint, Hustle, Impact, Oppression, Press, Pressure, Squeeze, Strain, Stress, Thrust, Zip), کشش (Draw, Extension, Haul, Haulage, Inducement, Jerk, Magnetism, Pull, Reach, Tract, Traction, Tug, Twitch), قوه انبساط, تمدد, تحت فشارقراردادن (Suppress), سفتی (Duress, Inflexibility, Rigidity, Solidity, Tenacity), امتداد (Run), بحران (Acme, Crisis). (various references) | |
Finnish | jännitys (excitement, strain, suspense). (various references) | |
French | tension (tenseness, tensility). (various references) | |
Frisian | foltaazje (voltage). (various references) | |
German | Spannung (excitement, fixture, strain, stress, suspense, tautness, tightness, voltage), spannkraft (resilience, tone, tonicity, tonus, vigor, vigour). (various references) | |
Greek | ένταση (deepness, intensity, strain, stress, tautness). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מתיחות (elasticity, strain, stress, stretch, tenseness, tightness), מתיחה (extending, stretch, stretching), מתוח (extending, jumpy, strained, stretched, stretching, strung, taut, tense, tenterhooks, tight, tightening), מתח (bias, fever, margin, strain, suspense, tizzy), דריכות (preparedness, suspense, tenseness, vigilance). (various references) | |
Hungarian | feszültség (potential difference, strain, stress, tenseness, tensity), tenzió, húzóerő (pull, pulling power, tensile force, tensile load), feszítés (span, strain, straining, stretch, stretching, strut, tug), feszülés (strain, stretch, stretching, tightness). (various references) | |
Indonesian | ketegangan (strain, stress, suspense). (various references) | |
Italian | tensione (strain, stress, stretch, tightness, voltage). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 緊張 (mental strain, nervousness), 濃厚 (concentration, density, richness), 切迫 (acuteness, imminence, pressure, urgency). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | テンション , きんぱく (beaten gold, gold leaf, strain), きんちょう (birds, legally protected bird, listening attentively, mental strain, nervousness), のうこう (agriculture, agriculture and industry, concentration, density, farming, richness), せっぱく (acuteness, end of the year, immaculate, imminence, pressure, pure, snow-white, urgency), ちょうりょく (hearing ability, tensile strength, tidal energy). (various references) | |
Korean | 긴장 (stress). (various references) | |
Manx | sheeyney (dilation, elongate, extension, give, hand, increase, lengthen, lengthening, marry, pass, produce, production, prolongation, prostrate, prostration, range, rick, spin out, sprain, spraining, spread, strain, stretch, stretch out, stretching, uncoil), chionnid (austerity, compactness, stiffness, strain, tautness, tenseness), chennid (distress, drive, narrowness, press, strain, tightness). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ensiontay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tensão (bent, jitters, pressure, strain, straining, stress). (various references) | |
Romanian | tensiune (intensity, pressure, strain, stretching), stare de tensiune nervoasã, situaţie încordatã, extensibilitate (extensibility), întindere a unei frânghii, încordare a muşchilor, încordare (effort, intension, intensity, strain, straining, stress). (various references) | |
Russian | упругость (elasticity, give, resilience, resiliency, springiness), растягивающее усилие, растяжение (dilation, distension, distention, expansion, extension, pull, sprain, strain), тензия, натянутость (tautness), натяжение (bent, drag, pull, pull up, pull-up, stretch), напряженность (arduousness, constraint, intension, intensity, strenuousness, tenseness, tensions, tensity, tightness, uptightness), напряжение (erection, exertion, intension, pull, rush, strain, stress, voltage), давление пара, давление (enforcement, pressure, push, stress). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | tenzija, zategnutost (tenseness), napon (amperage, voltage), napetost (hauteur, tenseness, tensity). (various references) | |
Spanish | tensión (concentration, heat, pressure, strain, stress, suspense, tenseness), voltaje (pressure, voltage), afán (attempt, eagerness, effort, efforts, hard work, industry, toil). (various references) | |
Swedish | spänning (excitement, kick, load, strain, stress, stretch, suspense, tensity, thrill, unease, voltage), anspänning. (various references) | |
Turkish | heyecan (affect, agitation, animation, Ardor, ardour, bang, commotion, dither, drama, emotion, enthusiasm, exaltation, excitement, ferment, fermentation, fever, fire, flap, flurry, flush, flutter, furor, furore, glow, kick, pucker, razzle-dazzle, rhapsody, ruffle, sensation, shiver, spice, spring tide, stir, taking, the shivers, thrill, tingle, twitter, vibes, vibration, wallop, warmth, yeast), germe (elongation, lifting, spreading, strain, stretching), gerilme (distension, strain, stress, stretching, tensile), gerilim (intensity, potential, voltage), gerginlik (distemper, escalation, frayed temper, jitters, strain, stress, stretch, tenseness, the jitters, tightness). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | напружувати (apply, bend, exert, put forth, strain, string up, tauten), напруженість (intension, intensity, tightness), напруження (dйtente, effort, exertion, intensification, intension, pull, rush, strain, stretch). (various references) | |
Welsh | tynder (tightness). (various references) | |
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | intentionum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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Words beginning with "tension": tensional, tensioned, tensioner, tensioners, tensioning, tensionless, tensions. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "tension": distension, extension, hyperextension, hypertension, hypotension, intension, overextension, posttension, pretension. (additional references) | |
Words containing "tension": distensions, extensional, extensionalities, extensionality, extensionally, extensions, hyperextensions, hypertensions, hypotensions, intensional, intensionalities, intensionality, intensionally, intensions, overextensions, posttensioned, posttensioning, posttensions, pretensioned, pretensioning, pretensionless, pretensions. (additional references) | |
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"Tension" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Atensin, ensino, kenzian, Renison, Renzio, sension, Tanzen, tenain, tendion, tensen, tensilon, tensin, tenson, tention, tersion, Tinson, Tisio, tondino. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tension" (pronounced te"nshun) |
| 6 | t e" n sh u n | attention, contention, detention, extension, hypertension, hypotension, pretension, retention. |
| 5 | -e" n sh u n | apprehension, ascension, comprehension, condescension, convention, dimension, dissension, gentian, invention, mention, misapprehension, pension, prevention, reinvention, suspension. |
| 4 | -n sh u n | expansion, mansion, overexpansion. |
| 3 | -sh u n | facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retraction, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
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