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Tensible
a.
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Capable of being extended or drawn out; ductile; tensible.
Tensile
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Of or pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength.
Tensile
a.
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Capable of extension; ductile; tensible.
Tensiled
a.
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Made tensile.
Tensility
n.
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The quality or state of being tensile, or capable of extension; tensibility; as, the tensility of the muscles.
Tension
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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.
Tension
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Fig.: Extreme strain of mind or excitement of feeling; intense effort.
Tension
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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.
Tension
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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.
Tension
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A device for checking the delivery of the thread in a sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required degree of tightness.
Tension
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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.
Tension
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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.
Tensioned
a.
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Extended or drawn out; subjected to tension.
Tensity
n.
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The quality or state of being tense, or strained to stiffness; tension; tenseness.
Tensive
a.
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Giving the sensation of tension, stiffness, or contraction.
Tensor
n.
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A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense.
Tensor
n.
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The ratio of one vector to another in length, no regard being had to the direction of the two vectors; -- so called because considered as a stretching factor in changing one vector into another. See Versor.
Ten-strike
n.
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A knocking down of all ten pins at one delivery of the ball.
Ten-strike
n.
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Any quick, decisive stroke or act.
Tensure
n.
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Tension.
Tent
n.
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A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; -- called also tent wine, and tinta.
Tent
n.
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Attention; regard, care.
Tent
n.
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Intention; design.
Tent
v. t.
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To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder.
Tent
v. t.
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To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively.
Tent
n.
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A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.
Tent
n.
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A probe for searching a wound.
Tent
n.
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A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, -- used for sheltering persons from the weather, especially soldiers in camp.
Tent
n.
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The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
Tented
imp. & p. p.
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of Tent