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te of being stretched or strained to stiffness; the state of being bent strained; as, the tension of the muscles, tension of the larynx.

Extended or drawn out; subjected to tension. "A highly tensioned string." Tyndall.

The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended.

of equal in intensity; -- applied to relations; as, 3 : 6 and 6 : 12 are relations of cointension. Cointension . . . is chosen indicate the equality of relations in respect of the contrast between their terms. H. Spencer.

Same as Distention.

pt or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative of intension. The law is that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension. Sir W. Hamilton. The extension of [the term] plant is greater than that of geranium, because it includes more objects. Abp. Thomson.…

Having great extent.

One who favors or advocates extension.

Want of extension; unextended state.

A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained; as, the intension of a musical string.

The act of obtending. [Obs.] Johnson.

The showing of the sacrament on the altar in order that it may receive the adoration of the communicants.

The act of foreshowing; foreboding. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title. The arrogant pretensions of Glengarry contributed to protract the discussion. Macaulay.

A drawing out; extension. [R.] Sir W. Hamilton.

um as to forces of cohesion, but those in the film are on the whole attracted inward, and tension results.

a determinate temperature, and giving to it, while in that state, a mechanical strain or tension in the direction in which the strength is afterward to be exerted.

The extension of the advantages of university instruction by means of lectures and classes at various centers.

The pressure or tension of a confined body of vapor. The pressure of a given saturated vapor is a function of the temperature only, and may be measured by introducing a small quantity of the substance into a barometer and noting the depression of the column of mercury.

The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.