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τάση

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τά(σις) (tá(sis), stretching, tension) -ση (-si). The sense ‘voltage, potential difference’ is a semantic loan from French tension.[1] See τείνω (teíno).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈta.si/
  • Hyphenation: τά‧ση

Noun

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τάση (tásif (plural τάσεις)

  1. (electricity, physics) voltage, potential difference
    Synonym: διαφορά δυναμικού f (diaforá dynamikoú, potential difference)
  2. tension, stretching
  3. trend, inclination, tendency

Declension

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singular plural
nominative τάση (tási) τάσεις (táseis)
genitive τάσης (tásis) τάσεων (táseon)
accusative τάση (tási) τάσεις (táseis)
vocative τάση (tási) τάσεις (táseis)

Also, older or formal genitive singlar: τάσεως (táseos)

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Compounds:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ τάση, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language