Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a high voltage.
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- adjective subjected to or capable of operating under relatively high voltage
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Examples
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The next day, having keyed himself up to an exhausting high-tension, he earned two dollars and a half.
SOUTH OF THE SLOT 2010
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Annja embarks on a high-tension race across Europe and history itself, intent on linking the unholy treachery of the ages with the staggering revelations of the present.
Rogue Angel: Destiny 2009
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"It was a very, very high-tension morning," said the filmmaker, who wanted to restage the original viral clip of Ms. Marsen all but using the vessel as a trampoline for an audience of stunned commuters.
A 5-Borough Dance Floor Steve Dollar 2011
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And she was the first woman to win the Academy Award for best director in 2010, with the high-tension Iraq War drama "The Hurt Locker."
Screen Shots of Adrenaline Steve Dollar 2011
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"With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound he pulls the spitting high-tension wires doooowwwn."
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We know that in 2006—generation exceeding consumption by 10%—Iran exported electricity and planned a high-tension line to Russia to export more.
The Mortal Threat From Iran Mark Helprin 2012
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It is both tremendously efficient in comparison to normal high-tension lines and has the interesting characteristic that it STORES large amounts of energy in both the hydrogen and the electromagnetic field around the superconductors.
Matthew Yglesias » An Electrical Grid We Can Believe In 2009
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The coal plant (or hydro dam) that produces the power, and the fact that most of the electricity produced does nothing more useful than heat up high-tension lines and transformers, is out of sight and out of mind.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » The Timeless Appeal of Triumphalism 2010
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“It is both tremendously efficient in comparison to normal high-tension lines and has the interesting characteristic that it STORES large amounts of energy in both the hydrogen and the electromagnetic field around the superconductors.”
Matthew Yglesias » An Electrical Grid We Can Believe In 2009
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"With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound he pulls the spitting high-tension wires doooowwwn."
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