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Definition of Tensity
1. Noun. The physical condition of being stretched or strained. "He could feel the tenseness of her body"
Generic synonyms: Condition, Status
Specialized synonyms: Tone, Tonicity, Tonus
Derivative terms: Taut, Tense, Tense, Tense, Tense
Definition of Tensity
1. n. The quality or state of being tense, or strained to stiffness; tension; tenseness.
Definition of Tensity
1. Noun. The quality of being tense (literally or figuratively); tension. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tensity
1. the state of being tense [n -TIES]
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Literary usage of Tensity
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1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events (1875)
"... we pronounce upon you and both your archdioceses our apostolic blessing.
tensity that you mar be quickly restored to all the more complete health. ..."
2. Field Genealogy: Being the Record of All the Field Family in America, Whose by Frederick Clifton Pierce (1901)
"... cheer and comfort with the infinite tenderness of a woman, words that always
touched the right chord and relieved the tensity of an overwhelming sorrow. ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1831)
"He also resumed his astronomical labors with an in- tensity to which his state
of health not being adequate, his former disorder returned, and terminated ..."
4. Talking Business by John Mantle Clapp, L. N. Andres (1919)
"Resonance — tensity and Adjustability To start with, let us state that the sound,
when being produced, passes organs that are either composed of hard ..."
5. Winston's Cumulative Loose-leaf Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Bookedited by Charles Morris edited by Charles Morris (1921)
"... tensity of their resultant beam, was introduced by Mr. Thomas Stevenson under
the designation of the ..."
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