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Tensioned (adj) means Pulled tight or under strain.

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Pulled tight or under strain.

"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." — Martin Krieger, Come Out Croaking (1982)

"Most of the overhead system is of the weight-tensioned type, constant tension being automatically applied by balance weights." — , Clacton and Walton Electrification (1959)

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