Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Extended or drawn out; subjected to tension.
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- adjective In
tension , strained or pulled on. - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
tension .
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Examples
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But don't be afraid to consider more durable modern materials or combinations, such as tensioned cables and lengths of steel bar.
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Sculptural in appearance, with a network of steel masts seemingly held in suspension by a delicate cross stitching of high wire tensioned cables.
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The tensioned structure doesn't touch down at oasis pools or incorporate mist jets -- it's just a very cool canopy.
David Glick: Interboro Partners' 2011 P.S.1 Installation, and Past Winners David Glick 2011
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The McGuire used much more standard engineering than the 54 'tunnel will be using, yet the post-tensioned flooring failed.
O’Brien: State “Reverse-Engineered” Its Tunnel Risk Estimates « PubliCola 2010
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The tensioned structure doesn't touch down at oasis pools or incorporate mist jets -- it's just a very cool canopy.
David Glick: Interboro Partners' 2011 P.S.1 Installation, and Past Winners David Glick 2011
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The novel's title is apt - so to speak - since "Salute the Dark" is brutal with the characters who are treated mercilessly as befits persons caught in total war, while the atmosphere is tensioned and menacing almost end to end, keeping me to the edge until the final denouements.
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The chain was so highly tensioned I could have fired an arrow from it.
BSNYC Product Review: Walmart's Mongoose Cachet "Fixed-Speed" Bicycle BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Through the use of daylight and a tensioned Lycra material that is digitally patterned and custom-tailored for the space, a 10 by 10 off-the-shelf marquee is transformed into a space that the press describes as an “avant-garde environment not of this earth”.
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One elaborate mid-air construction, seemingly made from embroidery hoops, stays intact only with the help of two fine threads tensioned by hanging weights.
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One elaborate mid-air construction, seemingly made from embroidery hoops, stays intact only with the help of two fine threads tensioned by hanging weights.
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