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tension
Overview of noun tension
The noun tension has 6 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (381) latent hostility, tension -- (feelings of hostility that are not manifest; "he could sense her latent hostility to him"; "the diplomats' first concern was to reduce international tensions")
2. (112) tension, tenseness, stress -- ((psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor")
3. (35) tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness -- (the physical condition of being stretched or strained; "it places great tension on the leg muscles"; "he could feel the tenseness of her body")
4. (29) tension -- (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"; "there is a tension between these approaches to understanding history")
5. (13) tension -- ((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")
6. tension -- (the action of stretching something tight; "tension holds the belt in the pulleys")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tension
6 senses of tension
Sense 1
latent hostility, tension
=> hostility, enmity, antagonism
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
tension, tenseness, stress
=> strain, mental strain, nervous strain
=> nervousness, nerves
=> psychological state, mental state
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
tension
=> balance
=> equilibrium
=> situation, state of affairs
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
tension
=> stress
=> force
=> physical phenomenon
=> natural phenomenon
=> phenomenon
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 6
tension
=> stretching
=> expansion, enlargement
=> increase, step-up
=> change of magnitude
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun tension
2 of 6 senses of tension
Sense 2
tension, tenseness, stress
=> yips
=> breaking point
Sense 3
tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness
=> tonicity, tonus, tone
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tension
6 senses of tension
Sense 1
latent hostility, tension
=> hostility, enmity, antagonism
Sense 2
tension, tenseness, stress
=> strain, mental strain, nervous strain
Sense 3
tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness
=> condition, status
Sense 4
tension
=> balance
Sense 5
tension
=> stress
Sense 6
tension
=> stretching
Antonyms of noun tension
Member Holonyms of noun tension
Substance Holonyms of noun tension
Part Holonyms of noun tension
Member Meronyms of noun tension
Substance Meronyms of noun tension
Part Meronyms of noun tension
Meronyms of noun tension
Holonyms of noun tension
Attributes of noun tension
Derived Forms of noun tension
4 of 6 senses of tension
Sense 1
latent hostility, tension
RELATED TO>(adj) tensional#1
=> tensional
Sense 3
tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness
RELATED TO>(verb) tense#3
=> tense, tense up
RELATED TO>(verb) tense#4
=> tense, strain, tense up
Sense 5
tension
RELATED TO>(verb) tense#1
=> strain, tense
RELATED TO>(verb) tense#2
=> tense
Sense 6
tension
RELATED TO>(verb) tense#1
=> strain, tense
RELATED TO>(verb) tense#2
=> tense
Domain of noun tension
3 of 6 senses of tension
Sense 2
tension, tenseness, stress
TOPIC>(noun) psychology#1, psychological science#1
Sense 4
tension
TOPIC>(noun) art#2, artistic creation#1, artistic production#1
TOPIC>(noun) literature#1
Sense 5
tension
TOPIC>(noun) physics#1, physical science#1, natural philosophy#1
Domain Terms of noun tension
Familiarity of noun tension
tension used as a noun is common (polysemy count =6)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun tension
6 senses of tension
Sense 1
latent hostility, tension
> hostility, enmity, antagonism
=> latent hostility, tension
=> war, state of war
=> cold war
HAS INSTANCE=> Cold War
=> suspicion
Sense 2
tension, tenseness, stress
> strain, mental strain, nervous strain
=> tension, tenseness, stress
Sense 3
tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness
> condition, status
=> anchorage
=> health
=> mode
=> niche, ecological niche
=> noise conditions
=> participation, involvement
=> prepossession
=> regularization, regularisation
=> saturation
=> silence
=> situation, position
=> ski conditions
=> nomination
=> standardization, standardisation
=> stigmatism
=> astigmatism, astigmia
=> way
=> circumstance
=> homelessness
=> reinstatement
=> place
=> celibacy
=> virginity
=> innocence
=> purity, pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whiteness
=> guilt, guiltiness
=> encapsulation
=> polarization, polarisation
=> pathological state
=> disorder, upset
=> hyalinization, hyalinisation
=> vacuolization, vacuolisation, vacuolation
=> protuberance
=> curvature
=> psychological state, mental state
=> difficulty
=> improvement, melioration
=> decline, declination
=> ennoblement
=> dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control
=> comfort, comfortableness
=> discomfort, uncomfortableness
=> need, demand
=> fullness
=> emptiness
=> nakedness, nudity, nudeness
=> hairlessness, depilation
=> dishabille, deshabille
=> hopefulness
=> despair, desperation
=> purity, pureness
=> impurity, impureness
=> financial condition, economic condition
=> sanitary condition
=> tilth
=> orderliness, order
=> disorderliness, disorder
=> normality, normalcy
=> abnormality, abnormalcy, abnormal condition
=> lactosuria
=> environmental condition
=> climate, mood
=> atmosphere, ambiance, ambience
=> unsusceptibility, immunity
=> immunity, resistance
=> subservience
=> susceptibility, susceptibleness
=> wetness
=> dryness, waterlessness, xerotes
=> safety
=> danger
=> tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness
=> atonicity, atony, atonia, amyotonia
=> laxness, laxity
=> repair
=> soundness
=> mutism, muteness
=> eye condition
=> unsoundness
=> impropriety
=> iniquity, wickedness, darkness, dark
=> light, illumination
=> malady
=> serration
=> absolution
=> automation
=> brutalization, brutalisation
=> condemnation
=> deification
=> diversification
=> exoneration
=> facilitation
=> frizz
=> fruition
=> hospitalization
=> identification
=> impaction
=> ionization, ionisation
=> irradiation
=> leakiness
=> lubrication
=> mechanization, mechanisation
=> motivation
=> mummification
=> preservation
=> prognathism
=> rustication
=> rustiness
=> scandalization, scandalisation
=> submission
=> urbanization, urbanisation
Sense 4
tension
> balance
=> tension
=> electrolyte balance
=> nitrogen balance
Sense 5
tension
> stress
=> tension
=> breaking point
Sense 6
tension
> stretching
=> tension
=> extension
Meronyms of noun tension
6 senses of tension
Holonyms of noun tension
Grep of noun tension
distension
essential hypertension
extension
file name extension
filename extension
hyperextension
hypertension
hypotension
intension
interfacial surface tension
interfacial tension
malignant hypertension
orthostatic hypotension
portal hypertension
postural hypotension
pretension
secondary hypertension
surface tension
telephone extension
tension
tension headache
university extension
white-coat hypertension
Grep of adj tension
high-tension
low-tension
tensional
tensionless
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