tensity
English
Etymology
From Latin tensus ‘tense’ + -ity. Compare intensity.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛnsɪti/
Noun
tensity (usually uncountable, plural tensities)
- The quality of being tense (literally or figuratively); tension.
- 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 994)
- That broke the tensity of the children's interest, and they ran back into the house
- 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 994)