TUTOR, civil law. A person who has been lawfully appointed to the care of the person and property of a minor. 2. By the laws of Louisiana minors under the age of fourteen years, if males, and under the age of twelve years, if females, are both, as to their persons and their estates, placed under the authority of a tutor. Civ.
Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: tension(Noun) Psychological state of being tense. tension(Noun) Condition of being held in a state between two or more forces, which are acting in opposition to each other. tension(Noun) State of an elastic object which is stretched in a way which increases its length.
A structure composed of a combination of members (such as chords, 1, diagonals, and web members), usually in some triangular arrangement so as to constitute a rigid framework. See king-post truss, plated truss, queen-post truss, Vierendeel truss; also see bowstring beam.