| 单词 | electric tension |
| 释义 | > as lemmaselectric tension electric tension n. [after Italian tensione elettrica (see quot. 1802)] now rare the property by virtue of which an electric current tends to flow; a difference of electric potential, a voltage; = tension n. 4; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > voltage > electrical potential > [noun] tension1785 electric tension1802 potential1828 potential function1828 pd1887 pressure1889 potentiality1898 1802 A. Volta in Jrnl. Nat. Philos. Feb. 137 In the one case, as well as in the other, the electric tension [It. la tensione elettrica] rises, during the contact, to the same point. 1832 Philos. Mag. 2nd Ser. 11 406 In the voltaic pile having a certain degree of electric tension, the sparks pass between the zinc and copper poles. 1846 M. Faraday in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 136 16 Perhaps this state is a state of electric tension tending to a current. 1940 G. Gamow Birth & Death of Sun iii. 79 Lawrence decided to let the particles run around in a circle and to give them a slight push, by applying some electric tension, each time they passed a definite ‘sign post’. 1996 R. Norton & D. Brenders Communication & Consequences iv. 90 We just looked at each other, nobody said a word, but the air was full of electric tension. < as lemmas |
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