distensionn.

/dɪˈstɛnʃən/

Forms: Also 1600s–1800s -tion.

Etymology: < Latin distensiōn-em, variant of distentiōn-em , noun of action fromdistendĕre to distend v.; perhaps immediately < French distension (14th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).

1. The action of distending; distended condition; expansion by stretching or swelling out.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun] > distension

extensionc1400

distension1607

distending1633

ballooning1848

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 304 If a horsse..be weary, it is not safe to let him drinke..except he first stale, for in such cases followeth distention.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 77 Able to containe or keepe downe windie distensions.

1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. i. 36 All great Distentions are attended with Pain for a considerable time.

1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. x. 193 Tubes..kept in a state of perpetual distension by the fluid they inclose.

1850 B. Taylor Eldorado (1862) xxi. 215 The large sails..motionless in their distension.

a. The action of stretching longitudinally, straightening out, or placing at full length; extension; straining, racking. Now Obsolete or rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [noun] > making long or longer > drawing out to greater length > forcibly or tightly

strainingc1400

extension1526

intention1580

stretch1600

intension1603

distensiona1640

distractionc1720

a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Double Marriage iii. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Eeeee2/2 The Rack has spoil'd her The distensions of those parts, hath stoppt all fruitfulnes.

1673 J. Flavell Fountain of Life xxvi. 348 A..reference to the distention of all his members upon the Tree.

1868 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea IV. v. 265 The alternate distension and contraction of the line.

†b. Stretching asunder or apart. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 36 Our Leggs do labour more in Elevation then in Distention.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	distension
释义	distensionn. /dɪˈstɛnʃən/ Forms: Also 1600s–1800s -tion. Etymology: < Latin distensiōn-em, variant of distentiōn-em , noun of action fromdistendĕre to distend v.; perhaps immediately < French distension (14th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter). 1. The action of distending; distended condition; expansion by stretching or swelling out. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun] > distension extensionc1400 distension1607 distending1633 ballooning1848 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 304 If a horsse..be weary, it is not safe to let him drinke..except he first stale, for in such cases followeth distention. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 77 Able to containe or keepe downe windie distensions. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. i. 36 All great Distentions are attended with Pain for a considerable time. 1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. x. 193 Tubes..kept in a state of perpetual distension by the fluid they inclose. 1850 B. Taylor Eldorado (1862) xxi. 215 The large sails..motionless in their distension. 2. a. The action of stretching longitudinally, straightening out, or placing at full length; extension; straining, racking. Now Obsolete or rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [noun] > making long or longer > drawing out to greater length > forcibly or tightly strainingc1400 extension1526 intention1580 stretch1600 intension1603 distensiona1640 distractionc1720 a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Double Marriage iii. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Eeeee2/2 The Rack has spoil'd her The distensions of those parts, hath stoppt all fruitfulnes. 1673 J. Flavell Fountain of Life xxvi. 348 A..reference to the distention of all his members upon the Tree. 1868 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea IV. v. 265 The alternate distension and contraction of the line. †b. Stretching asunder or apart. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 36 Our Leggs do labour more in Elevation then in Distention. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1607
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