tension, tensional 1. A tensing or being tensed. 2. Mental or nervous strain, often accompanied by muscular tautness. 3. A state of strained relations; uneasiness due to mutual hostility. 4. Stress on a material produced by the pull of forces tending to cause extension. 5. In physiology and pathology, the condition, in any part of the body, of bein... Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2808/10