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→About Tensions
: [[Tension]] is a [[Contact Force|contact force]] because it exists within a [[material]].
: [[Tension]] is often used to describe the [[force]] in a [[cable]] or wire.
: [[Tension]] is caused by an [[Equilibrium PairForces|equilibrium pair]] of [[force]]s which is a [[force]] at each end of the [[object]] acting with the same [[magnitude]] but in opposite directions.