low-tension

American  

[loh-ten-shuhn] / ˈloʊˈtɛn ʃən /

adjective

Electricity.

1. subjected to, or capable of operating under, relatively low voltage: lt, L.T.

   low-tension wire.

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low-tension British  

adjective

1.  LT.  subjected to, carrying, or capable of operating at a low voltage

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low-tension Scientific  

1. Having a low voltage, or designed to work at low voltages.

2. Compare high-tension

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Etymology

Origin of low-tension

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Strong lead performances by Aaron Paul and Emily Ratajkowski are squandered in “Welcome Home,” a low-tension suspense picture with pretensions of saying something profound about broken relationships.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2018

But it still trails the U.S. in low-tension nuclear physics and paramagnetic resonance.

From Time Magazine Archive

The low-tension D.C. power is distributed from the substations to the trolley wire.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

Both the high-tension spark plug and low-tension make-and-break systems had been in wide use for many years, with the latter constituting the majority in 1902.

From The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design by Hobbs, Leonard S.

The power conduits were single-way, with the bank for high-tension cables separated in the side-walls from the low-tension bank, as shown on Plate XII.

From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Cross-Town Tunnels. Paper No. 1158 by Brace, James H.