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| surfactant |
a substance that reduces the surface tension of a liquid, thereby allowing the liquid to spread more easily. |
| taut |
showing tension or strain. [1/3 definitions] |
| tensile |
of or relating to tension. [1/2 definitions] |
| tensionless |
combined form of tension. |
| tonometer |
any of various medical instruments that measure pressure, as of the blood, or tension, as in the eyeball. [1/3 definitions] |
| tonus |
the slight, continuous tension of relaxed muscles that enables them to respond to stimulation. |
| torsion |
the tension produced by twisting one end of an object in one direction while the other is stationary or twisted in the opposite direction. [1/2 definitions] |
| truss |
in engineering, any structural framework that is composed of rigid straight members in triangular conformations and that functions as a beam or cantilever bearing tension or compression vertically. [2/5 definitions] |
| unbend |
to relax or remove the tension in or from (something bent, stretched taut, or the like); straighten; loosen. [1/3 definitions] |
| unwind |
to free oneself from tension; relax. [1/4 definitions] |
| vapor pressure |
the pressure of vapor, esp. in contact with its liquid form; vapor tension. |
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