The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tensioned \Ten"sioned\, a.
Extended or drawn out; subjected to tension. ``A highly
tensioned string.''
--Tyndall.
Wiktionary
In tension, strained or pulled on. v
(en-past of: tension)
Usage examples of "tensioned".
They went to their deaths so gracefully, in the full heautv nf tensioned masts and soread sails above oainted hulls.
The rudder, no longer tensioned by the ropes, centered itself and the Pucelle swung back to larboard, leaving her stern naked to the enemy guns.
Sharpe fired his own reloaded rifle through the newer hole, then went to help Harper who was levering at the tensioned floorboard.
The heavy craft interrupted its descent and hovered, trembling slightly as if poised on an invisible tensioned spring.
Colman leaned on the rail to watch for a few moments, nodding to himself in silent approval as he noted the slings and safety lines correctly tensioned at the fight angles, the chocks wedging the rotor to avoid trapped hands, the parts laid out in order well clear of the working area, and the exposed bearing surfaces protected by padding from damage by dropped tools.