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General (29 matching dictionaries)

1. tension: Merriam-Webster.com [home, info]
2. tension: Oxford Dictionaries [home, info]
3. tension: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
4. tension: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]
5. tension: Vocabulary.com [home, info]
6. tension: Macmillan Dictionary [home, info]
7. Tension, tension: Wordnik [home, info]
8. tension: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]
9. tension: Wiktionary [home, info]
10. tension: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
11. tension: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
12. tension: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
13. tension: Dictionary.com [home, info]
14. tension: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
15. tension: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
16. tension: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
17. Tension (Die Antwoord album), Tension (Taiwanese band), Tension (disambiguation), Tension (film), Tension (geology), Tension (mechanics), Tension (music), Tension (physics), Tension: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
18. Tension: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
19. tension: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
20. tension: Rhymezone [home, info]
21. tension, tension (f), tensin: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
22. tension: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
23. tension: Free Dictionary [home, info]
24. tension: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
25. tension: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
26. tension: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
27. tension: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]

Art (3 matching dictionaries)

28. tension: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology [home, info]
29. -tension: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements [home, info]
30. TENSION: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS [home, info]

Business (3 matching dictionaries)

31. Tension: Construction Term Glossary [home, info]
32. tension: Legal dictionary [home, info]
33. tension: BusinessDictionary.com [home, info]

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

34. tension: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)

35. Tension: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary [home, info]
36. tension: online medical dictionary [home, info]
37. tension: Neurotrauma Glossary [home, info]
38. -tension, tension: Medical dictionary [home, info]
39. Tension: University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms [home, info]
40. Tension: Drug Medical Dictionary [home, info]

Science (4 matching dictionaries)

41. tension: Electrochemistry Dictionary [home, info]
42. Tension: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics [home, info]
43. tension: Botanical Terms [home, info]
44. Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
    
    45. Tension: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade [home, info]
    46. Tension: Urban Dictionary [home, info]
    
    Sports (1 matching dictionary)
    
    47. Tension: Racquetball Glossary [home, info]
    
    Tech (8 matching dictionaries)
    
    48. tension: Book Binding [home, info]
    49. Tension: AUTOMOTIVE TERMS [home, info]
    50. Tension: Glossary of Coal Mining Terms [home, info]
    51. Tension: National Glass Association Glossary [home, info]
    52. Tension: Woodworking Glossary [home, info]
    53. Tension: Popular Cross Stitch Terms [home, info]
    54. Tension: Bridge Dictionary [home, info]
    55. TENSION: Power Engineering [home, info]
    
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Quick definitions from Macmillan ( ) Provided by Quick definitions from WordNet (tension) ▸ noun:  the action of stretching something tight ("Tension holds the belt in the pulleys") ▸ noun:  (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") ▸ noun:  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") ▸ noun:  (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense ("He suffered from fatigue and emotional tension") ▸ noun:  the physical condition of being stretched or strained ("It places great tension on the leg muscles") ▸ noun:  feelings of hostility that are not manifest ("The diplomats' first concern was to reduce international tensions") ▸ Also see tensions ▸ Word origin ▸ Words similar to tension ▸ Usage examples for tension ▸ Popular adjectives describing tension ▸ Words that often appear near tension ▸ Rhymes of tension ▸ Invented words related to tension