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high tension

a. having a relatively high voltage

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High tension

High tension may refer to:

  • High voltage
    • High tension, or B battery supply to a traditional vacuum tube circuit, see HT (vacuum tube)
  • High Tension, the North American name of the 2003 French horror film Haute Tension
  • High Tension (1936 film), an American comedy
  • High Tension (TV series), an Indian reality show
  • High Tension (band), an Australian punk-rock band
  • Hypertension, high blood pressure
High Tension (TV series)

High Tension is a bilingual reality show in Marathi and Bengali languages.

High Tension (band)

High Tension is a punk-rock band from Melbourne, Victoria. Formed in 2012, the band's original line-up featured Karina Utomo and Ash Pegram from Young and Restless with Matt Weston from The Nation Blue and Damian Coward from Love Like...Electrocution. Only Utomo and Weston remain from the original line-up; with the current formation of the band featuring guitarist Mike Deslandes, also of YLVA, and drummer Lauren Hammel.

Their debut album, Death Beat, was released on October 2013 and was nominated for best hard rock / heavy metal album at the 2014 ARIA Awards.

High Tension (1936 film)

High Tension is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Allan Dwan and written by Lou Breslow, Edward Eliscu and John Patrick. The film stars Brian Donlevy, Glenda Farrell, Norman Foster, Helen Wood, Robert McWade and Theodore von Eltz. The film was released on July 17, 1936, by 20th Century Fox.

Usage examples of "high tension".

He kissed her forehead before sitting on the bed next to her to watch the monster being electrocuted by the high tension wires.

He could feel the high tension flowing from her, but she didn't resist the pressure of his guiding hand.

There were other ears listening in on the ground control frequency, A burnoosed man concealed from sight in a grove of trees close to the coast highway, Paralleling the highway were the columns of a high tension electricity line.