borrowed from New Latin tensitāt-, tensitās, from Latin tensus tense entry 1 + -itāt-, -itās -ity
circa 1658, in the meaning defined above
tension zone
tensity
tensive
“Tensity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tensity. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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