Tension

Definition

tension /'tenʃn/ n ၁။ [U] ေတာင့္တင္းျခင္း။ တင္းအား။ စန္႔အား။ Massage helps relieve the tension in one's muscles. ❍ adjust the tension of a violin string/a tennis-racket. ၂။ [U] စိတ္ပင္ပန္းမႈ။ စိုးရိမ္ပူပန္မႈ။ suffer from (nervous) tension ❍ a headache caused by tension ❍ She felt considerable tension before the exam. See also PMT ၃။ [U, C usu pl ] ~ (between A and B) ဆက္ဆံေရးတင္းမာမႈ။ racial/political/social tension(s) ❍ The incident has further increased the tension between the two countries. ၄။ [C, U] ~ (between A and B) အားၿပိဳင္မႈ။ There is tension between the aims of the management and the wishes of the staff. v ( techn ) ဆြဲဆန္႔ထားသည္။ တင္းထားသည္။ တင္းေနစန္႔ေန သည္။ tensioned nets tensioning cables.

Examples

1. [ease the tension] : I tried to ease the tension (=make it less strong) with a joke.
2. [nervous tension] : Symptoms include nervous tension
3. depression
4. and insomnia.
5. The tension is almost unbearable as the play approaches its climax.
6. Racial/political/social tensions
7. [tension between] : Measures are needed to reduce tension between the two states.
8. There is bound to be a certain tension between the freedom of individuals and the need for public safety.
9. Pull in the sail by increasing the tension of the rope.
10. Can you feel the tension in your neck and shoulders?