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TENSITY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The physical condition of being stretched or strained

Example:

he could feel the tenseness of her body

Synonyms:

tautness; tenseness; tension; tensity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("tensity" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tensity"):

tone; tonicity; tonus (the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli)

Derivation:

tense (taut or rigid; stretched tight)

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