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Tensor n.

(Anat.) A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense.

(Geom.) The ratio of one vector to another in length, no regard being had to the direction of the two vectors; so called because considered as a stretching factor in changing one vector into another. See Versor.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... elasticity of muscle the whole thickness of the cord, including this vocal muscle, can be stretched and thrown into vibration (vide fig. 8). In the production of chest notes the whole vocal cord is vibrating, the difference in the pitch depending upon the tension produced by the contraction of the tensor (ring-shield) muscle. When, however, the change from the lower to the upper register occurs, as the photographs taken by Dr. French and reproduced in a lecture at the Royal Institution by Sir Felix Semon show, the vocal ...

— The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song • F. W. Mott

Words linked to "Tensor" : variable, variable quantity, tensor tympani, muscle, tense, musculus