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low-tension

[ loh-ten-shuhn ]

adjective

, Electricity.
  1. subjected to, or capable of operating under, relatively low voltage: : lt, L.T.

    low-tension wire.



low-tension

adjective

  1. subjected to, carrying, or capable of operating at a low voltage LT
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


low-tension

  1. Having a low voltage, or designed to work at low voltages.
  2. Compare high-tension


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Word History and Origins

Origin of low-tension1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences

The dynamo is a low tension machine, the field being regulated to give 65 volts when running the lamp circuits.

Such machines deliver a large quantity of electricity of low tension — in other words, of low leaping power.

The Farmer-Wallace 'quantity machine' pours forth a flood of electricity of low tension.

Low tension circuits, such as are used for incandescent lights, range from 100 to 240 volts and are harmless.

On account of this spark a primary induction coil is used in low tension or make and break ignition systems.

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