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Tension vs Tensor - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between tension and tensor

is that tension is tension while tensor is tensor.

tension

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Condition of being held in a state between two or more forces, which are acting in opposition to each other
  • Psychological state of being tense.
  • (physics, engineering) State of an elastic object which is stretched in a way which increases its length.
  • (physics, engineering) 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).
  • (physics, engineering) 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.
  • Verb

  • To place an object in tension, to pull or place strain on.
  • We tensioned the cable until it snapped.

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    tensor

    English

    (wikipedia tensor)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to tensors
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense.
  • (mathematics, physics) An image of a tuple under a tensor product map.
  • (mathematics, physics) A function of several variables
  • (mathematics, physics) A mathematical object consisting of a set of components with n'' indices each of which range from 1 to ''m'' where ''n'' is the rank and ''m is the dimension of the tensor.Rowland, Todd and Weisstein, Eric W., "Tensor", Wolfram MathWorld.
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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To compute the tensor product of two tensors.
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