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tension noun

  /ˈtɛnʃən/
  • Psychological state of being tense.
  • (physics, engineering) State of an elastic object which is stretched in a way which increases its length.
  • (physics, engineering) 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.
 Spannung
surface tension
Oberflächenspannung
high-tension
Hochspannung
tension headache
Spannungskopfschmerz
lack of tension
Atonie
tension force
Spannkraft
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