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H E A D A C H E

Akhenaten (pronounced /ˌækəˈnɑːtən/), also spelled Echnaton, Akhenaton, Ikhnaton, and Khuenaten(Ancient Egyptian: ꜣḫ-n-jtn, meaning "Effective for the Aten"), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh reigning c. 1353–1336 or 1351–1334 BC, the tenth ruler of the Eighteenth Dynasty. Before the fifth year of his reign, he was known as Amenhotep IV (Ancient Egyptian: jmn-ḥtp, meaning "Amun is satisfied", Hellenized as Amenophis IV).

applaud someone to the echo — applaud or cheer someone enthusiastically.

"they recognized that this was a new star, and applauded him to the echo"

Middle English: from Old French or Latin, from Greek ēkhō, related to ēkhē ‘a sound’.

a group of notes based on a particular note and comprising a scale, regarded as forming the tonal basis of a piece of music.

"the key of E minor"

tone
pitch
timbre
tonality
tone colour
modulation

Middle English: from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Greek tonos ‘tension, tone’, from teinein ‘to stretch’.

From Egyptian jtn meaning "solar disk". Aton was an Egyptian god of the sun, depicted as a solar disk with long rays extending downwards. The worship of Aton was especially extensive during the reign of the pharaoh Akhenaton, who proclaimed Aton was the only god.

a strained state or condition resulting from forces acting in opposition to each other.

"enormous tension can build up along the margin of the two plates and occasionally explodes into immense earthquakes"

a strained political or social state or relationship.

plural noun: tensions

"the coup followed months of tension between the military and the government"

electromotive force.

mental or emotional strain.
"a mind which is affected by stress or tension cannot think as clearly"
Similar:
mental/emotional strain
stress
anxiety
anxiousness
pressure
worry
apprehensiveness
apprehension
agitation
nerves
nervousness
jumpiness
edginess
restlessness
suspense
uncertainty
anticipation
excitement
butterflies (in one's stomach)
collywobbles
jitteriness
twitchiness
the jitters
the willies
the heebie-jeebies
the shakes
the jumps
jim-jams
the yips
the (screaming) abdabs/habdabs
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verb: tension; 3rd person present: tensions; past tense: tensioned; past participle: tensioned; gerund or present participle: tensioning

apply a force to (something) which tends to stretch it.

A T E N S I O N I N G

1. to listen to, watch, or consider something or someone very carefully. I hope you're paying attention, because you'll be tested later.