tensityn.
/ˈtɛnsɪti/ The quality or condition of being tense; a state of tension.
a. literal (chiefly Physiology and Pathology).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [noun] > pinching or pressure
pinchinga1413
tension1541
wringing1606
tensity1658
girdle-sensation1885
girdle-pains1897
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Tensity, stiffnesse, or a being stretched out hard.
1676 W. Cole in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 604 There could be, in that supposition of a Continuity of fibres, tensity enough in the Intestins to carry on such a motion.
1738 tr. J. Quincy in J. Keill Ess. Animal Oecon. (ed. 4) 261 That robust Tensity of the Fibres, which makes strong People the less liable to Accidents.
b. figurative.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > tension > [noun]
tensure1626
twitchiness1834
tension1847
tensity1862
hypertension1936
uptightness1969
1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xi. vii. 130 It braced him..into such a tensity of spirit.
1884 W. Collins I say No i. ix The first change of expression which relaxed the iron tensity of the housekeeper's face showed itself.
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