Tension
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Tension may mean:
- Tension (physics), a force related to the stretching of an object (the opposite of compression)
- High-tension line, sometimes used to refer to electrical voltage
- 'Tension', a colloquialism used to refer to physiological or mental stress
- Tension (music), in music, the perceived need for relaxation or release created by a listener's expectations
- Suspense, or "tension", in a dramatic work: the feeling of uncertainty and interest about the outcome of certain actions an audience perceives.
- Tenseness, in phonetics, describes a certain sound quality
- Tension (film), a 1950 film noir
- Tension, a song by electronic duo Orbital from their album The Altogether.