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tensity

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ten·si·ty  (tns-t)
n. pl. ten·si·ties
The state of being tense; tenseness.
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Noun1.tensity - the physical condition of being stretched or strained; "it places great tension on the leg muscles"; "he could feel the tenseness of her body"
tautness, tenseness, tension
condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
tonicity, tonus, tone - the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity"
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The world's two greatest swordsmen: teacher and pupil--the one with the strength of a young bull, the other with the cunning of an old gray fox; and both with a lifetime of training behind them, and the lust of blood and hate before them--thrust and parried and cut until those that gazed awestricken upon the marvellous sword play scarcely breathed in the tensity of their wonder.
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The first change of expression which relaxed the iron tensity of the housekeeper's face showed itself when she heard that reply.
I Say No by Collins, Wilkie View in context
A sudden passion of anxious impatience rushed through my veins, gave me such a sense of the in- tensity of existence as I have never felt before or since.
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