tension

Definitions

General English

• noun a state of hostility between countries, races, or groups

Aviation

• noun a strained condition resulting from forces acting in opposition to each other

Construction

• The state or condition imposed on a material or structural member by pulling or stretching.

Electronics

• The potential difference or electromotive force between two points, such as those in a circuit, expressed in volts, or in multiples of volts, such as kilovolts or millivolts. Also called voltage.
• The condition of being stretched or pulled, often tightly. Also, the process or act of so stretching or pulling.
• A force creating and/or maintaining a tension (2).

Medical

• noun the act of stretching or the state of being stretched
• noun an emotional strain or stress

Politics

• noun a period when relations between states are difficult and they may take action against each other

Publishing

• noun the tightness of a web of paper as it passes through a printing press

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Contexts for “tension”

10 definitions in context
• General English
• Aviation
• Construction
• Electronics
• Medical
• Politics
• Publishing