tension
noun
the act of stretching or straining.
tensional
-
a word derived from
tension.
Example Sentences
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“Landslide movement continues to manifest at the ground surface in the form of scarps, fissures, grabens/sinkholes, tensional cracking, shear zones and thrust features,” the city’s latest report said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2024
Embedding steel adds that essential tensional strength, and sound design calculations, backed up by building codes, specify how much steel is needed, depending on the type, size and other features of a building.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 3, 2021
Clockwise from top left: tensional stress, compressional stress, and shear stress, and some examples of resulting strain.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
In some subduction zones, tensional forces working on the continental plate create a backarc basin on the interior side of the volcanic arc.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
The tensional situation passes into a thought situation, and reflection enters upon its work of restoring the equilibrium of experience.
From John Dewey's logical theory by Delton Thomas Howard
