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HIGH-TENSION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does high-tension mean?
• HIGH-TENSION (adjective)
The adjective HIGH-TENSION has 1 sense:
1. subjected to or capable of operating under relatively high voltage
Familiarity information: HIGH-TENSION used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Subjected to or capable of operating under relatively high voltage
Context example:
high-tension wire
Similar:
high-potential; high-voltage (operating on or powered by a high voltage)
Domain category:
electricity (a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons)
Antonym:
low-tension (subjected to or capable of operating under relative low voltage)
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