2. Verb. (third-person singular of tension) ¹
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Definition of Tensions
1. tension [v] - See also: tension
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tensions
Literary usage of Tensions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1895)
"Vapor-tensions of Mixtures of Benzene and Carbon Tetrachloride at 34.8?.
Vapor-Tension of Benzene at 34.8° is 145.4 fnm. of Mercury. Vapor-Tension of Ca#bon ..."
2. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1899)
"What effect has the change of load oim the sum of the belt tensions ? Is there
any relation between the belt tensions which does not involve time ..."
3. Publication of the American Sociological Society by American Sociological Association (1918)
"PHYSIOLOGICAL tensions AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE LAWRENCE K. FRANK New York City
ABSTRACT Physiological tensions and social structure.—The paper is a statement ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The tension of the surface separating two liquids which do not mix cannot be
deduced by any known method from the tensions of the surfaces'of the liquids ..."
5. Lectures on the Physiology of Plants by Sydney Howard Vines (1886)
"Daily periodicity of the tensions of the Tissues. In a previous lecture (p.
342) attention was drawn to the existence of tissue-tensions in growing organs, ..."
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