They were named Dymaxion, short for Dynamic Maximum Tension.
Devised for minimum fuss and maximum tension, "Trigger Man" is the little thriller that could.
It means to see everything as existing at maximum tension, as reeking of cruelty and dread.
Scriptwriters and actors also aim to find the maximum tension and ambiguity in any situation.
When this has been accomplished, the maximum tension is apparent at the ends of the muscle.
But his reputation for wringing maximum tension out of a negotiation suffered a slight setback last week.
Usually, the maximum tetanus tension is from 1.2 to 1.8 times greater than the maximum tension during a twitch.
Michael Caine can drive right up to the bad guy's rooftop, where the different levels let him play with sightlines for maximum tension.
Though my drag was tightened to maximum tension, the fish peeled my line and backing off as if I were using a toy reel.
What a surfing photographer like LeRoy Grannis wants is to freeze the moment at an instant of maximum tension: the towering wave just before it crashes from a sheer glassy green wall into frothy chaos; the surfer, an escape artist, scooting along just ahead of the angry white water that threatens to engulf him and take him down.
This zone represents the area of maximum tension during exercise.
