"tension" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛnʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tension.wav Forms: tensions [plural]
enPR: tĕnʹ-shən Rhymes: -ɛnʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French tension, from Latin tēnsiō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*tend-|id=stretch}}, {{bor|en|frm|tension}} Middle French tension, {{der|en|la|tensio|tēnsiō}} Latin tēnsiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tension (countable and uncountable, plural tensions)
  1. The condition of being held in a state between two or more forces, which are acting in opposition to each other. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (condition of being held in a state between two or more forces): опъване (opǎvane) (Bulgarian), разтягане (raztjagane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), tensio (Esperanto)
    Sense id: en-tension-en-noun-mba~1oqF Disambiguation of 'condition of being held in a state between two or more forces': 80 8 2 8 2 1
  2. A psychological state of being tense. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (psychological state): συντονία (suntonía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), تَوَتُّر (tawattur) [masculine] (Arabic), լարում (larum) (Armenian), безпокойство (bezpokojstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 緊張 (Chinese Mandarin), 紧张 (jǐnzhāng) (Chinese Mandarin), 不安 (bù'ān) (Chinese Mandarin), napětí [neuter] (Czech), spænding [common-gender] (Danish), spanning [feminine] (Dutch), streĉo (Esperanto), jännitys (Finnish), tension (French), დაძაბულობა (daʒabuloba) (Georgian), Spannung [feminine] (German), מתח (métakh) (Hebrew), तनाव (tanāv) [masculine] (Hindi), feszültség (Hungarian), tenso (Ido), tenseso (Ido), tensione [feminine] (Italian), 緊張 (kinchō) (alt: きんちょう) (Japanese), 不安 (fuan) (alt: ふあん) (Japanese), 긴장 (ginjang) (Korean), 불안 (buran) (Korean), intentiō [feminine] (Latin), tanuku (Maori), spenning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), spenning [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), تنش (Persian), tensão [feminine] (Portuguese), tensiune [feminine] (Romanian), încordare [feminine] (Romanian), напряжённость (naprjažónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), напряже́ние (naprjažénije) [neuter] (Russian), натя́нутость (natjánutostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), sàrachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), tensión [feminine] (Spanish), spänning [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  3. A feeling of nervousness, excitement, or fear that is created in a movie, book, etc.; suspense. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tension-en-noun-I75TgYPI
  4. (physics, engineering) The state of an elastic object which is stretched in a way which increases its length. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Engineering, Physics Translations (state of an elastic object): 張力 (Chinese Mandarin), 张力 (zhānglì) (Chinese Mandarin), spænding [common-gender] (Danish), gespannen (Dutch), tensio (Esperanto), jännitys (Finnish), tension [feminine] (French), traction [feminine] (French), გაჭიმვა (gač̣imva) (Georgian), ჭიმვა (č̣imva) (Georgian), Spannung [feminine] (German), खिंचाव (khiñcāv) [masculine] (Hindi), तान (tān) [masculine] (Hindi), tenso (Ido), tenseso (Ido), tegangan (Indonesian), tensione [feminine] (Italian), 張力 (chōryoku) (alt: ちょうりょく) (Japanese), 장력 (jangnyeok) (Korean), tēnsiō [feminine] (Latin), renarena (Maori), tensão [feminine] (Portuguese), tensiune [feminine] (Romanian), încordare [feminine] (Romanian), натяже́ние (natjažénije) [neuter] (Russian), растяже́ние (rastjažénije) [neuter] (Russian), tensión [feminine] (Spanish), binit (Tagalog), తన్యత (tanyata) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-tension-en-noun-nitTFj7t Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'state of an elastic object': 20 29 0 48 4 0
  5. (physics, engineering) A force transmitted through a rope, string, cable, or similar object (used with prepositions on, in, or of, e.g., "The tension in the cable is 1000 N", to convey that the same magnitude of force applies to objects attached to both ends). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Engineering, Physics
    Sense id: en-tension-en-noun-ToP09eEO Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  6. (physics, engineering) Voltage. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Engineering, Physics Translations (voltage): جُهْد (juhd) [masculine] (Arabic), فُولْتِيَّة (voltiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), तनाव (tanāv) (Bhojpuri), напрежение (napreženie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 電壓 (Chinese Mandarin), 电压 (diànyā) (Chinese Mandarin), napětí [neuter] (Czech), spænding [common-gender] (Danish), spanning [feminine] (Dutch), tensio (Esperanto), jännite (Finnish), tension [feminine] (French), Spannung [feminine] (German), מתח (métakh) (Hebrew), तनाव (tanāv) (Hindi), tensione [feminine] (Italian), 電圧 (den'atsu) (alt: でんあつ) (Japanese), 전압 (jeonap) (Korean), spriegums [masculine] (Latvian), tensão [feminine] (Portuguese), tensiune [feminine] (Romanian), напряже́ние (naprjažénije) [neuter] (Russian), tensión [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tension-en-noun-gqkU4pOT Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'voltage': 0 0 0 0 0 100
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Related terms: tensile

Verb

IPA: /ˈtɛnʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tension.wav Forms: tensions [present, singular, third-person], tensioning [participle, present], tensioned [participle, past], tensioned [past]
enPR: tĕnʹ-shən Rhymes: -ɛnʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French tension, from Latin tēnsiō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*tend-|id=stretch}}, {{bor|en|frm|tension}} Middle French tension, {{der|en|la|tensio|tēnsiō}} Latin tēnsiō Head templates: {{en-verb}} tension (third-person singular simple present tensions, present participle tensioning, simple past and past participle tensioned)
  1. To place an object in tension, to pull or place strain on. Translations (place an object in tension): опъвам (opǎvam) (Bulgarian), напрягам (naprjagam) (Bulgarian), spænde (Danish), stramme (Danish), streĉi (Esperanto), jännittää (Finnish), tensar (Ido), tensionar (Portuguese), tensionar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tension-en-verb-dKHaUAV3

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "psychological state",
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          "word": "încordare"
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          "sense": "state of an elastic object",
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          "sense": "state of an elastic object",
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        {
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          "word": "tegangan"
        },
        {
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          "sense": "state of an elastic object",
          "tags": [
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        {
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        {
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        {
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        {
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          "tags": [
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        {
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        {
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          "sense": "voltage",
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      "word": "antitension"
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    {
      "word": "thermotension"
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      "word": "premenstrual tension"
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      "word": "tension pneumo"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "jǐnzhāng",
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      "roman": "bù'ān",
      "sense": "psychological state",
      "word": "不安"
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "psychological state",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "psychological state",
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      "sense": "psychological state",
      "word": "jännitys"
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      "sense": "psychological state",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "psychological state",
      "word": "מתח"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "sense": "psychological state",
      "word": "tenso"
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    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "psychological state",
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      "code": "it",
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      "alt": "きんちょう",
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      "word": "緊張"
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      "alt": "ふあん",
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      "roman": "fuan",
      "sense": "psychological state",
      "word": "不安"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ginjang",
      "sense": "psychological state",
      "word": "긴장"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "buran",
      "sense": "psychological state",
      "word": "불안"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "psychological state",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "psychological state",
      "word": "tanuku"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "word": "spenning"
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      "sense": "psychological state",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "spenning"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "psychological state",
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "psychological state",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tensão"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "psychological state",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "psychological state",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naprjažónnostʹ",
      "sense": "psychological state",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "напряжённость"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "psychological state",
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      "sense": "psychological state",
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      "word": "натя́нутость"
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "psychological state",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tensión"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "psychological state",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "spänning"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
      "word": "張力"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhānglì",
      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
      "word": "张力"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "spænding"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
      "word": "gespannen"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
      "word": "tensio"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
      "word": "jännitys"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tension"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "traction"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gač̣imva",
      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
      "word": "გაჭიმვა"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "č̣imva",
      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
      "word": "ჭიმვა"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Spannung"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "khiñcāv",
      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "खिंचाव"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "tān",
      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "तान"
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    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
      "word": "tenso"
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      "code": "io",
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      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
      "word": "tegangan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "tensione"
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      "alt": "ちょうりょく",
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      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
      "word": "張力"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
      "word": "장력"
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      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
      "word": "renarena"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "tensão"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tensiune"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "încordare"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "natjažénije",
      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "натяже́ние"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "rastjažénije",
      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "растяже́ние"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tensión"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
      "word": "binit"
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "tanyata",
      "sense": "state of an elastic object",
      "word": "తన్యత"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "juhd",
      "sense": "voltage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "جُهْد"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "voltiyya",
      "sense": "voltage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "فُولْتِيَّة"
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      "code": "bho",
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      "roman": "tanāv",
      "sense": "voltage",
      "word": "तनाव"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "napreženie",
      "sense": "voltage",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "напрежение"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "voltage",
      "word": "電壓"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diànyā",
      "sense": "voltage",
      "word": "电压"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "voltage",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "napětí"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "voltage",
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      "word": "spænding"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "voltage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "spanning"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "voltage",
      "word": "tensio"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "voltage",
      "word": "jännite"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "tension"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "voltage",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "Spannung"
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "métakh",
      "sense": "voltage",
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "tanāv",
      "sense": "voltage",
      "word": "तनाव"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "voltage",
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      "word": "tensione"
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      "alt": "でんあつ",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "den'atsu",
      "sense": "voltage",
      "word": "電圧"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "jeonap",
      "sense": "voltage",
      "word": "전압"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "voltage",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "opǎvam",
      "sense": "place an object in tension",
      "word": "опъвам"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "naprjagam",
      "sense": "place an object in tension",
      "word": "напрягам"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "place an object in tension",
      "word": "spænde"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "place an object in tension",
      "word": "stramme"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "place an object in tension",
      "word": "streĉi"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "place an object in tension",
      "word": "jännittää"
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "place an object in tension",
      "word": "tensar"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "place an object in tension",
      "word": "tensionar"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "place an object in tension",
      "word": "tensionar"
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}

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