| TENSION | • tension n. The condition of being held in a state between two or more forces, which are acting in opposition to each other. • tension n. Psychological state of being tense. • tension n. A feeling of nervousness, excitement, or fear that is created in a movie, book, etc.; suspense. |
| EXTENSION | • extension n. The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length, breadth, or time; an increase. • extension n. The state of being extended. • extension n. That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension"). |
| INTENSION | • intension n. Intensity or the act of becoming intense. • intension n. (Logic, semantics) Any property or quality connoted by a word, phrase or other symbol, contrasted with… • intension n. (Dated) A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained. |
| DISTENSION | • distension n. The act of distending. • DISTENSION n. the act of distending, also DISTENTION. |
| PRETENSION | • pretension n. A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality. • pretension n. Pretentiousness. • pretension v. To apply tension to an object before some other event or process. |
| PROTENSION | • protension n. A drawing out; extension; stretching; duration. • PROTENSION n. duration. |
| COEXTENSION | • coextension n. The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended. • COEXTENSION n. the act of coextending. |
| HYPOTENSION | • hypotension n. (Pathology) The disease or disorder of abnormally low blood pressure. • HYPOTENSION n. abnormally low blood pressure. |
| INEXTENSION | • inextension n. Lack of extension; unextended state. • INEXTENSION n. lack of extension. |
| POSTTENSION | • posttension v. (Construction) To pour concrete first and then stretch the reinforcing strands within it by means of… • post-tension v. (Construction, engineering) To apply tension (to reinforcing tendons) after casting concrete. • POSTTENSION v. to apply tension to (reinforcing steel) after concrete has set. |
| HYPERTENSION | • hypertension n. (Pathology) The disease or disorder of abnormally high blood pressure. • HYPERTENSION n. abnormally or excessively high pressure of arterial blood. |
| NORMOTENSION | • normotension n. Blood pressure that is within the normal range. • NORMOTENSION n. normal blood pressure. |
| OVEREXTENSION | • overextension n. The state or quality of being overextended; extension beyond normal, correct, or appropriate bounds or limits. • overextension n. (Linguistics) Application of a term to too many referents, as for example when a child uses cat to refer… • over-extension n. Alternative form of overextension. |
| HYPEREXTENSION | • hyperextension n. The extension of a joint beyond its normal range; the condition of being hyperextended. • hyperextension n. An exercise performed by lying on the stomach, ideally inclined upwards as on a Roman chair to reach… • HYPEREXTENSION n. the extension of a joint beyond its normal range. |