present participle of tense

The act of making something tense.

A form of manometer used to measure differences in vapour pressure.

An instrument used to measure the moisture content of soil. / An instrument used to measure the tension in a wire or yarn, or its tensile strength.

plural of tensimeter

plural of tensiometer

(now chiefly UK) Synonym of premenstrual syndrome: the physical and psychological malaise experienced by many women between ovulation and the onset of menstruation.

A silk produced by the Japanese oak silkmoth (Antherea yamamai).

(intransitive) To become tense or more tense

(archaic) Two hundred.