tensioned

comparative more tensioned · superlative most tensioned

1. In tension; strained or pulled on.

   Most of the overhead system is of the weight-tensioned type, constant tension being automatically applied by balance weights.

   1959 June 28, “Clacton and Walton Electrification”, in Railway Magazine, page 379

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   It is in the nature of the assertion of distinctions of identity that they force others to realize they are in a place that is not so universal, that their straight being is at best a tensioned coil likely to snap back any time soon.

   1982 December 4, Martin Krieger, “Come Out Croaking”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 20, page 8

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of tension