(Physics) Voltage. Usually only the terms low tension, high tension, and extra-high tension, and the abbreviations LT, HT, and EHT are used. They are not precisely defined; LT is normally a few volts, HT a few hundreds of volts, and EHT thousands of volts.
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Find another word for breaking-point. In this page you can discover 5 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for breaking-point, like: overextension, extreme tension, overstrain, snapping point and tension.
Van Halen uses the long, dark introduction to build tension to a near breaking point before they kick into the famous Oh, Pretty Woman riff.
He admired her strength but knew everyone had a breaking point.
Piedmontese finances had been strained to breaking-point to organize an army obviously intended for other than merely defensive purposes.
The tension which had prevailed between the two kingdoms during the last years of Gustavus Vasa reached breaking point on the accession of Gustavus's eldest son Eric XIV.
Having fought the oligarchy of privilege, the monarchy next tried to rally it to its side, and all the springs of the old rgime were strained to the breaking-point.