English-Dutch translations for tension

• spanning
  Stijgende spanning in Burundi (stemming) Rising tension in Burundi (vote)
  Stijgende spanning in Burundi (debat) Rising tension in Burundi (debate)
  Door deze feiten wordt een zekere spanning in stand gehouden. These facts are keeping the tension alive.
• elektrische spanning
• gespannen
  Deze gespannen verhouding bepaalt alle debatten. This tension characterises all our debates.
  En deze gespannen situatie in de Vojvodina bestaat hier, voor onze deur, aan de grens van de Europese Unie. The tension in Vojvodina is right here, at the border of the European Union.
  – Mijnheer de Voorzitter, ik vrees dat de chaotische en gespannen situatie waarin Bolivia zich thans bevindt voorspelbaar waren. . – Mr President, the current situation of tension and chaos in Bolivia was, I fear, to be expected.
• spankracht
• strakheid
• tensie

Definition of tension

• The condition of being held in a state between two or more forces, which are acting in opposition to each other
• A feeling of nervousness, excitement, or fear that is created in a movie, book, etc.; suspense
• 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
• To place an object in tension, to pull or place strain on

Examples

• We tensioned the cable until it snapped

Related words

• extension
• pretension
• hypertension
• hypotension
• intension
• hyperextension
• distension
• tensional
• extensional