Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
tegangan. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
tegangan, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
tegangan in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
tegangan you have here. The definition of the word
tegangan will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
tegangan, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed tegang (“tense”) + -an. Semantic loan from Dutch spanning (“tension, voltage”) for physics, psychology and literature senses, see also the loanword spaning.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: tê‧gang‧an
Noun
têgangan (plural tegangan-tegangan, first-person possessive teganganku, second-person possessive teganganmu, third-person possessive tegangannya)
- tension:
- the condition of being held in a state between two or more forces, which are acting in opposition to each other.
- (physics) force transmitted through a rope, string, cable, or similar object.
- Synonym: tegasan (Standard Malay)
- (psychology) psychological state of being tense.
- (literature) a feeling of nervousness, excitement, or fear that is created in a movie, book, etc.; suspense.
- (physics) ellipsis of tegangan listrik (“potential difference, voltage”).
- Synonyms: beda potensial, spaning, voltase
Related terms
Further reading
Old Saxon
Etymology
From te- + gangan.
Verb
tegangan
- to dissolve
Conjugation
Conjugation of tegangan (strong class 7)