tensão
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tensiō, tensiōnem (“stretching; tension”), from tendō (“I stretch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). Doublet of the inherited tesão.
Noun
tensão f (plural tensões)
- tenseness (the characteristic of being tense)
- (psychology) tension (psychological state of being tense)
- (physics, engineering) tension (state of an elastic object which is stretched in a way which increases its length)
- (physics) stress (the internal distribution of force per unit area)
- (electricity) tension; voltage
- (sociology) a situation where conflict between social groups is imminent
- (phonetics) tenseness (a particular vowel or consonant quality)
- (Provençal poetry) tenson (debate between two interlocutors)
Antonyms
- (the characteristic of being tense): frouxidão
Derived terms
Derived terms
- tensão arterial
- tensão normal
- tensão pré-menstrual
- tensão superficial
Related terms
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