張力(ちょうりょく)

ちょうりょく
noun
tension; tensile force
1. tension; tensile force; pulling force
A physics term for the pulling force transmitted along a string, rope, or surface, or the force resisting being stretched.
ロープに張力(ちょうりょく)がかかる。
Tension is applied to the rope.
水(みず)の表面(ひょうめん)張力(ちょうりょく)で虫(むし)が浮(う)いている。
The insect floats thanks to the surface tension of the water.
糸(いと)にかかる張力(ちょうりょく)が大(おお)きすぎると、糸(いと)は切(き)れてしまう。
If the tension on the thread is too great, the thread will snap.

Compound of 張(ちょう) (stretch, pull taut) + 力(りょく) (force). A technical term used mainly in physics and engineering.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 表面(ひょうめん)張力(ちょうりょく): surface tension
  • 張力(ちょうりょく)がかかる: tension is applied
  • 張力(ちょうりょく)を加(くわ)える: to apply tensile force

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 引力(いんりょく): attractive force; gravitation — pulls objects together, not a force along a string
  • 圧力(あつりょく): pressure — a pushing force per unit area, the opposite kind of stress
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