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tension
1. Physics a force that tends to produce an elongation of a body or structure
2. Physics voltage, electromotive force, or potential difference
3. a device for regulating the tension in a part, string, thread, etc., as in a sewing machine
tension [′ten·chən]
(mechanics)
The condition of a string, wire, or rod that is stretched between two points.
The force exerted by the stretched object on a support.
(mechanical engineering)
A device on a textile manufacturing machine or a sewing machine that regulates the tautness and the movement of the thread or the fabric. Also known as tension device.
tension
The state or condition of being pulled or stretched.
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Richards (1936) bequeathed to his successors the terms tenor and vehicle to denote the basic components of metaphor, as well as the idea of tensional interaction between the two, which was later developed by Max Black (1962).
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