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tensioner

tensioner

1 4.9
A device that keeps a belt or string tight in a machine
  • noun
  • /ˈtɛnʃənər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : tensores
  • Superbolt recommended the use of its multi-jackbolt tensioners for the job.
  • belt tensioner
  • tensioner pulley
  • install tensioners

Examples

  • The auto tensioner automatically keeps the chain at the correct tension during operation.

  • I've had to replace the ignition cylinder, thermostat housing, sway bar links, idler pulley, and belt tensioner, etc.

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  • I see it goes through this top hole, then through the tensioner, then through the bottom hole.

  • Take your chain and rail it and then put your chain tensioner back on with the little nub facing outwards.

  • They're doing their timing chain tensioners and an independent.

  • We put in a new chain tensioner, a new spindle holder to get slop out.

  • So it looks like we've got some kind of string sort of tensioner thing going on here, but this is a motor here, isn't it?

  • I've also got this nice little cable tensioner which stops the whole thing from right now we've got all that fitted.

  • Smalley Steel Ring Co. Circle 309 Timing Belts and Tensioners

    Academic text (2002)
  • If you don't do the pre-tensioning right and make sure the hydraulic tensioner is good, the belt will likely slip once it stretches.

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Synonyms

tightener
vstensioner
4.6

A tool that pulls straps or bolts together to make them more secure

is a device that keeps cables or belts tight and working in machines

Surface Forms

tensioner singular
tensioners plural

Morphology

tensioner = tension (transparent) = tension + er

The device sense is directly built from 'tension' plus '-er', meaning something that keeps or produces tension.

Etymology

Tensioner comes from the word tension ('stretch' or 'tight') and the ending -er ('one that makes'). So a mechanical tensioner is the part that keeps a belt, string, or chain tight so a machine or instrument works properly.