tensor
noun/ˈtensə(r)/, /ˈtensɔː(r)/
/ˈtensər/, /ˈtensɔːr/
(anatomy)- a muscle that tightens or stretches part of the bodyWord Originearly 18th cent.: modern Latin, from Latin tendere ‘to stretch’.
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