tension

Noun
  1. referred to in: psychological science, psychology - the science of mental life
    is a type of: mental strain, nervous strain, strain - (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress
    subtypes:
    • yips - nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts)
    • breaking point - (psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial
    same as: stress, tenseness
  2. is a type of: condition, status - a state at a particular time
    subtypes: tone, tonicity, tonus - the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
    same as: tautness, tenseness, tensity
  3. referred to in:
    is a type of: balance - a state of equilibrium
  4. referred to in: natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions
    is a type of: stress - (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body
  5. is a type of: antagonism, enmity, hostility - a state of deep-seated ill-will
    same as: latent hostility
  6. is a type of: stretching - act of expanding by lengthening or widening

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