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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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Declension of τάση
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