TENSITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tensity mean? 

• TENSITY (noun)
  The noun TENSITY has 1 sense:

1. the physical condition of being stretched or strained

  Familiarity information: TENSITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TENSITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The physical condition of being stretched or strained

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

tautness; tenseness; tension; tensity

Context example:

he could feel the tenseness of her body

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)