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===Meaning===
'''Tension''' is a [[force]] on an [[object]] which acts to stretch that [[object]].
===About Tensions===
: [[Tension]] is a [[force]] so it is [[measure]]d in [[Newton]]s.
: [[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 Forces|equilibrium pair]] of [[force]]s which is a [[force]] at each end of the [[object]] acting with the same [[magnitude]] but in opposite directions.
===References===
====AQA====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1471851362/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1471851362&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=7d78d70a2044ee9982dae010c94af92a ''Tension, pages 209, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy 2, Hodder, AQA '']
====OCR====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359837/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359837&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=3c4229e8b023b2b60768e7ea2307cc6f ''Tension, pages 63, Gateway GCSE Physics, Oxford, OCR '']