Thrust vs. Tension

Thrustnoun

(fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.

Thrustnoun

A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)

Thrustnoun

The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.

Thrustnoun

(figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.

Thrustverb

(intransitive) To make advance with force.

Thrustverb

(transitive) To force something upon someone.

Thrustverb

(transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.

Thrustverb

(transitive) To push or drive with force; to shove.

Thrustverb

(intransitive) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.

Thrustverb

To stab; to pierce; usually with through.

Thrustnoun

Thrist.

Thrustnoun

A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its length, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a stab; - a word much used as a term of fencing.

Thrustnoun

An attack; an assault.

Thrustnoun

The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them.

Thrustnoun

The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight.

Thrustverb

To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument.

Thrustverb

To stab; to pierce; - usually with through.

Thrustverb

To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist.

Thrustverb

To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.

Thrustverb

To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude.

Thrustnoun

the force used in pushing;

Thrustnoun

a thrusting blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument;

Thrustnoun

the act of applying force to propel something;

Thrustnoun

verbal criticism;

Thrustnoun

a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow);

Thrustverb

push forcefully;

Thrustverb

press or force;

Thrustverb

make a thrusting forward movement

Thrustverb

impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably;

Thrustverb

penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

Thrustverb

geology: thrust (molten rock) into pre-existing rock

Thrustverb

push upward;

Thrustverb

place or put with great energy;

Thrust

Thrust is a reaction force described quantitatively by Newton's third law. When a system expels or accelerates mass in one direction, the accelerated mass will cause a force of equal magnitude but opposite direction to be applied to that system.

Tensionnoun

The condition of being held in a state between two or more forces, which are acting in opposition to each other.

Tensionnoun

Psychological state of being tense.

Tensionnoun

A feeling of nervousness, excitement, or fear that is created in a movie, book, etc.; suspense.

Tensionnoun

State of an elastic object which is stretched in a way which increases its length.

Tensionnoun

Force transmitted through a rope, string, cable, or similar object (used with prepositions on, in, or of, e.g., "The tension in the cable is 1000 N", to convey that the same magnitude of force applies to objects attached to both ends).

Tensionnoun

Voltage. Usually only the terms low tension, high tension, and extra-high tension, and the abbreviations LT, HT, and EHT are used. They are not precisely defined; LT is normally a few volts, HT a few hundreds of volts, and EHT thousands of volts.

Tensionverb

To place an object in tension, to pull or place strain on.

Tensionnoun

The act of stretching or straining; the state of being stretched or strained to stiffness; the state of being bent strained; as, the tension of the muscles, tension of the larynx.

Tensionnoun

Fig.: Extreme strain of mind or excitement of feeling; intense effort.

Tensionnoun

The degree of stretching to which a wire, cord, piece of timber, or the like, is strained by drawing it in the direction of its length; strain.

Tensionnoun

The force by which a part is pulled when forming part of any system in equilibrium or in motion; as, the tension of a srting supporting a weight equals that weight.

Tensionnoun

A device for checking the delivery of the thread in a sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required degree of tightness.

Tensionnoun

Expansive force; the force with which the particles of a body, as a gas, tend to recede from each other and occupy a larger space; elastic force; elasticity; as, the tension of vapor; the tension of air.

Tensionnoun

The quality in consequence of which an electric charge tends to discharge itself, as into the air by a spark, or to pass from a body of greater to one of less electrical potential. It varies as the quantity of electricity upon a given area.

Tensionnoun

feelings of hostility that are not manifest;

Tensionnoun

(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense;

Tensionnoun

the physical condition of being stretched or strained;

Tensionnoun

a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature);

Tensionnoun

(physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body;

Tensionnoun

the action of stretching something tight;