high tension wires

  • 1high-tension — adj high tension wires/cables etc wires etc that have a powerful electric current going through them …

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  • 2high-tension — adjective subjected to or capable of operating under relatively high voltage high tension wire • Ant: ↑low tension • Similar to: ↑high voltage, ↑high potential • Topics: ↑electricity * * …

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  • 3high-tension — adjective high tension wires/cables etc wires etc that have a powerful electric current going through them …

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  • 4high-tension leads — The wire which goes from the ignition coil to the distributor and the wires which go from the distributor to each of the spark plugs. See high tension lead …

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  • 5high tension lead — High voltage wire from the ignition coil. May also indicate the secondary wire from the ignition coil to the distributor and wires from the distributor to the spark plugs …

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  • 6tension — 1530s, a stretched condition, from M.Fr. tension, from L. tensionem (nom. tensio) a stretching (in M.L. a struggle, contest ), from tensus, pp. of tendere to stretch, from PIE root *ten stretch (see TENET (Cf. tenet)). The sense of nervou …

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  • 7high-ten|sion — «HY TEHN shuhn», adjective. having or using a high voltage: »high tension wires …

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  • 8Tension — may refer to:In science: *Tension (physics), a force related to the stretching of an object (the opposite of compression) *High tension, in electrical power transmission, wires which carry high voltages *Stress (medicine), also referred to as… …

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  • 9High voltage — The term high voltage characterizes electrical circuits, in which the voltage used is the cause of particular safety concerns and insulation requirements. High voltage is used in electrical power distribution, in cathode ray tubes, to generate X… …

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  • 10low tension leads — The wiring in the ignition system that is distinguished from the high tension wiring. The low tension leads carry only 6 or 12 volts. Includes the battery cables, the coil connections (but not the high tension wire going to the distributor), the… …

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