low-tension

American  

[loh-ten-shuhn] / ˈloʊˈtɛn ʃən /

adjective

Electricity.

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

   low-tension wire.

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low-tension British  

adjective

1.  LT.  subjected to, carrying, or capable of operating at a low voltage

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low-tension Scientific  

1. Having a low voltage, or designed to work at low voltages.

2. Compare high-tension

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Etymology

Origin of low-tension

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Strong lead performances by Aaron Paul and Emily Ratajkowski are squandered in “Welcome Home,” a low-tension suspense picture with pretensions of saying something profound about broken relationships.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2018

But it still trails the U.S. in low-tension nuclear physics and paramagnetic resonance.

From Time Magazine Archive

The low-tension D.C. power is distributed from the substations to the trolley wire.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

A fair comparison would be to picture the energy of the low-tension current as the momentum of a number of small pebbles thrown in succession at a door, say 100 a minute.

From How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Williams, Archibald

On the other side there are the high- and low-tension lines, built of single conduit 18 in. long and a little more than 5 in. square outside.

From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The Bergen Hill Tunnels. Paper No. 1154 by Lavis, F.