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- The pressure or tension of a confined body of vapor. The pressure of a given saturated vapor is a function of the temperature only, and may be measured by introducing a small quantity of the substance into a barometer and noting the depression of the column of mercury. ²
a. - The act of stretching or straining; the state of being stretched or strained to stiffness; the state of being bent strained; as, the tension of the muscles, tension of the larynx. ²
a. - Fig.: Extreme strain of mind or excitement of feeling; intense effort. ²
a. - The degree of stretching to which a wire, cord, piece of timber, or the like, is strained by drawing it in the direction of its length; strain. ²
a. - The force by which a part is pulled when forming part of any system in equilibrium or in motion; as, the tension of a srting supporting a weight equals that weight. ²
a. - A device for checking the delivery of the thread in a sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required degree of tightness. ²
a. - Expansive force; the force with which the particles of a body, as a gas, tend to recede from each other and occupy a larger space; elastic force; elasticity; as, the tension of vapor; the tension of air. ²
a. - The quality in consequence of which an electric charge tends to discharge itself, as into the air by a spark, or to pass from a body of greater to one of less electrical potential. It varies as the quantity of electricity upon a given area. ²

The word "tension" uses 7 letters: E I N N O S T.

Direct anagrams of tension:
  intones

Words formed by adding one letter before or after tension (in bold), or to einnost in any order:
a -   enations   sonatine   b -   bonniest   k -   inkstone   l -   insolent   m -   mentions   r -   intoners   ternions   s -   tensions   t -   tinstone   tontines  

Shorter words found within tension:
en   ens   eon   eons   eosin   es   et   in   inn   inns   ins   inset   into   intone   ion   ions   is   it   its   ne   neist   neon   neons   nest   net   nets   nine   nines   nit   nite   nites   niton   nitons   nits   no   noes   noise   none   nones   nonet   nonets   nos   nose   not   note   notes   oe   oes   on   one   ones   ons   onset   os   ose   sei   sen   sennit   sent   senti   set   seton   si   sin   sine   sit   site   snit   snot   so   son   sone   sonnet   sot   stein   steno   stone   ten   tennis   tenon   tenons   tens   ti   tie   ties   tin   tine   tines   tins   tis   to   toe   toes   ton   tone   tones   tonne   tonnes   tons  

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