tensional

adjective

ten·​sion·​al ˈten(t)-sh(ə-)nəl 

: of, relating to, or resulting from tension

manufacturers and distributors of tensional steel

—Economist

is not religion essentially a tensional relation between God and man

—George Florovsky

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