In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TENSIONED
Adjective
tensioned (comparative more tensioned, superlative most tensioned)
In tension; strained or pulled on.
Verb
tensioned
simple past tense and past participle of tension
Anagrams
• detension
Source: Wiktionary
Ten"sioned, a.
Definition: Extended or drawn out; subjected to tension. "A highly tensioned string." Tyndall.
TENSION
Ten"sion, n. Etym: [L. tensio, from tendere, tensum, to stretch: cf. F. tension. See Tense, a.]
1. The act of stretching or straining; the state of being stretched or strained to stiffness; the state of being bent strained; as, the tension of the muscles, tension of the larynx.
2. Fig.: Extreme strain of mind or excitement of feeling; intense effort.
3. The degree of stretching to which a wire, cord, piece of timber, or the like, is strained by drawing it in the direction of its length; strain. Gwilt.
4. (Mech.)
Definition: The force by which a part is pulled when forming part of any system in equilibrium or in motion; as, the tension of a srting supporting a weight equals that weight.
5. A device for checking the delivery of the thread in a sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required degree of tightness.
6. (Physics)
Definition: Expansive force; the force with which the particles of a body, as a gas, tend to recede from each other and occupy a larger space; elastic force; elasticity; as, the tension of vapor; the tension of air.
7. (Elec.)
Definition: The quality in consequence of which an electric charge tends to discharge itself, as into the air by a spark, or to pass from a body of greater to one of less electrical potential. It varies as the quantity of electricity upon a given area. Tension brace, or Tension member (Engin.), a brace or member designed to resist tension, or subjected to tension, in a structure.
– Tension rod (Engin.), an iron rod used as a tension member to strengthen timber or metal framework, roofs, or the like.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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