Associations to the word «Distention»

Wiktionary

DISTENTION, noun. The act of distending.

Dictionary definition

DISTENTION, noun. The state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions.
DISTENTION, noun. The act of expanding by pressure from within.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky