Tension

n. tautness, strain, nervousness, agitation, apprehension, excitement

Tension may mean:Tension (physics), a force related to the stretching of a string or a similar object high-tension line, sometimes used to refer to electrical voltage'Tension' in politics and international relations: strained relations between parties, possibly leading to unrest and war.'Tension', a colloquialism used to refer to physiological or mental stressTension (music), in music, the perceived need for relaxation or release created by a listener's expectationsSuspense, or "tension", in a dramatic work: the feeling of uncertainty and interest about the outcome of certain actions an audience perceives.Tenseness, in phonetics, describes a certain sound qualityTension (film), a 1950 film noir Tension, a song by electronic duo Orbital from their album The Altogether.Tension, the opposite of compression.Tension (Boyband), a 5-member Taiwanese Boyband discovered by David Tao.
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Tension /ten·sion/ 1. the act of stretching. 2. the condition of being stretched or strained. 3. the partial pressure of a component of a gas [more]Tension - Community and Resources

Noun
1. feelings of hostility that are not manifest; "he could sense her latent hostility to him"; "the diplomats' first concern was to reduce international tensions"
(synonym) latent hostility
(hypernym) hostility, enmity, antagonism
2. (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"
(synonym) tenseness, stress
(hypernym) strain, mental strain, nervous strain
(hyponym) yips
(classification) psychology, psychological science
3. the physical condition of being stretched or strained; "it places great tension on the leg muscles"; "he could feel the tenseness of her body"
(synonym) tensity, tenseness, tautness
(hypernym) condition, status
(hyponym) tonicity, tonus, tone
(derivation) tense, tense up
4. a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature); "there is a tension created between narrative time and movie time"; "there is a tension between these approaches to understanding history"
(hypernym) balance
(classification) art, artistic creation, artistic production
5. (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body; "the direction of maximum tension moves asymptotically toward the direction of the shear"
(hypernym) stress
(derivation) strain, tense
(classification) physics, physical science, natural philosophy
6. the action of stretching something tight; "tension holds the belt in the pulleys"
(hypernym) stretching
(derivation) strain, tense

n. tension, stress, pressure; tautness, strain; undertow, voltage