tension (n.) Look up tension at Dictionary1530s, a stretched - TopicsExpress



          

tension (n.) Look up tension at Dictionary1530s, a stretched condition, from Middle French tension (16c.) or directly from Latin tensionem (nominative tensio) a stretching (in Medieval Latin a struggle, contest), noun of state from tensus, past participle of tendere to stretch, from PIE root *ten- stretch (see tenet). The sense of nervous strain is first recorded 1763. The meaning stress along lines of electromotive force (as in high-tension wires) is recorded from 1785.
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