Tension tarimas:

/'tenʃn/

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Žodžio paaiškinimas anglų kalba:

• noun: The act or process of stretching something tight.
• noun: The condition of so being stretched; tautness.
• noun: A force tending to stretch or elongate something.
• noun: A measure of such a force: a tension on the cable of 50 pounds.
• noun: Mental, emotional, or nervous strain: working under great tension to make a deadline.
• noun: Barely controlled hostility or a strained relationship between people or groups: the dangerous tension between opposing military powers.
• 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).
• noun: The interplay of conflicting elements in a piece of literature, especially a poem.
• noun: A device for regulating tautness, especially a device that controls the tautness of thread on a sewing machine or loom.
• noun: Electricity Voltage or potential; electromotive force.
• verb-transitive: To subject to tension; tighten.

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