Tense

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In linguistics, the term tense may refer to two unrelated concepts:

• Grammatical tense, the inflection of a verb to indicate whether past, present, or future time is intended
• Tenseness, a quality frequently associated with vowels and occasionally with consonants

In anatomy, the term tense may refer to tense muscles.

See also

• Tension
• Wikitionary

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