tension
nouns
(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
"he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"
the physical condition of being stretched or strained
"it places great tension on the leg muscles"; "he could feel the tenseness of her body"
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"
domain category
the creation of beautiful or significant things
"art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"
(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"
domain category
the science of matter and energy and their interactions
"his favorite subject was physics"
is a type of (narrower)
(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body
"the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area"
feelings of hostility that are not manifest
"he could sense her latent hostility to him"; "the diplomats' first concern was to reduce international tensions"
is derived from
the action of stretching something tight
"tension holds the belt in the pulleys"
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