slacken – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
slacken
v.
slow down, decelerate; loosen; ease, make less intense
Tension (physics)
In
physics,
tension describes the pulling force exerted by each end of a string, cable, chain, or similar one-dimensional continuous object, or by each end of a rod,
truss member, or similar three dimensional object.
slacken
Verb
1. become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
(synonym) slow, slow down, slow up, slack
(hypernym) weaken
2. make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"
(synonym) slack, slack up, relax
(hypernym) decrease, lessen, minify
3. become looser or slack; "the rope slackened"
(hypernym) weaken
(see-also) ease up, ease off, slacken off, flag
4. make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
(synonym) remit
(hypernym) loosen, loose
(hyponym) douse, dowse
(derivation) relaxation, loosening, slackening
slacken
v.
povolit (se); uvolnit (se); zvolnit (se); polevit
slacken
Czas.
rozluźniać (się); obluzowywać (się); zwalniać; zmniejszać (się)
