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1. The act of stretching.
2. The condition of being stretched or strained, the degree to which anything is stretched or strained.
4. <chemistry> The partial pressure of a gas in a fluid, for example, of oxygen in blood.
Origin: L. Tensio, Gr. Tonos
(13 Jan 1998)
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