Obs. [f. TEND v.2 7 + -ED1.] Stretched; taut, tense.

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1799 Young, in Phil. Trans., XC. 134. It may be proved, that every impulse is communicated along a tended chord with an uniform velocity:

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1834.  Mrs. Somerville, Connex. Phys. Sc., xvii. (1849), 164. A body vibrating near insulated tended strings.

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