Tension (mechanics)

Mechanical tension - Pulling force transmitted axially – Opposite of compression. Article “Tension (mechanics)” in Simple English Wikipedia has 2.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

This article has the best quality in Chinese Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Since the creation of article “Tension (mechanics)”, its content was written by 10 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 452 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 19 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1795 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #1157 in May 2015
• Global: #31819 in April 2022

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #758 in June 2017
• Global: #34011 in October 2013

There are 21 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Chinese (zh) 張力		27.4721
2	English (en) Tension (physics)		27.1603
3	Hebrew (he) מתיחות		23.5641
4	Ukrainian (uk) Розтяг		23.4438
5	Romanian (ro) Forță de întindere		22.5089
6	Portuguese (pt) Tensão (física)		20.5816
7	Spanish (es) Tensión (mecánica)		19.0289
8	Greek (el) Εφελκυσμός		14.1449
9	Arabic (ar) شد		13.0383
10	Korean (ko) 장력		10.1347

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Tension (mechanics)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Tension (physics)		3 809 037
2	Spanish (es) Tensión (mecánica)		466 483
3	Chinese (zh) 張力		329 851
4	Portuguese (pt) Tensão (física)		269 278
5	Italian (it) Tensione (meccanica)		266 843
6	Japanese (ja) 張力		265 899
7	French (fr) Tension mécanique		153 247
8	Greek (el) Εφελκυσμός		150 597
9	Polish (pl) Siła naciągu		139 419
10	Korean (ko) 장력		121 640

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Tension (mechanics)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Tension (physics)		6 399
2	Spanish (es) Tensión (mecánica)		1 116
3	Chinese (zh) 張力		919
4	Japanese (ja) 張力		558
5	Greek (el) Εφελκυσμός		466
6	Korean (ko) 장력		457
7	Simple English (simple) Tension (mechanics)		376
8	Italian (it) Tensione (meccanica)		277
9	Hebrew (he) מתיחות		271
10	French (fr) Tension mécanique		227

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Tension (mechanics)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Tension (physics)		163
2	Italian (it) Tensione (meccanica)		45
3	French (fr) Tension mécanique		37
4	Chinese (zh) 張力		26
5	Swedish (sv) Mekanisk spänning		25
6	Hebrew (he) מתיחות		24
7	Portuguese (pt) Tensão (física)		19
8	Japanese (ja) 張力		15
9	Arabic (ar) شد		14
10	Greek (el) Εφελκυσμός		13

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Tension (mechanics)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) شد		0
2	Greek (el) Εφελκυσμός		0
3	English (en) Tension (physics)		0
4	Spanish (es) Tensión (mecánica)		0
5	Persian (fa) کشش (فیزیک)		0
6	French (fr) Tension mécanique		0
7	Hebrew (he) מתיחות		0
8	Hindi (hi) तनाव (भौतिकी)		0
9	Indonesian (id) Tarikan (fisika)		0
10	Italian (it) Tensione (meccanica)		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Tension (mechanics)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Tension (physics)		448
2	Chinese (zh) 張力		426
3	Japanese (ja) 張力		121
4	Italian (it) Tensione (meccanica)		101
5	French (fr) Tension mécanique		85
6	Swedish (sv) Mekanisk spänning		84
7	Ukrainian (uk) Розтяг		83
8	Arabic (ar) شد		65
9	Korean (ko) 장력		52
10	Spanish (es) Tensión (mecánica)		51

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic شد
el	Greek Εφελκυσμός
en	English Tension (physics)
es	Spanish Tensión (mecánica)
fa	Persian کشش (فیزیک)
fr	French Tension mécanique
he	Hebrew מתיחות
hi	Hindi तनाव (भौतिकी)
id	Indonesian Tarikan (fisika)
it	Italian Tensione (meccanica)
ja	Japanese 張力
kk	Kazakh Ұлғаю мен сығылу
ko	Korean 장력
pl	Polish Siła naciągu
pt	Portuguese Tensão (física)
ro	Romanian Forță de întindere
ru	Russian Сила натяжения
simple	Simple English Tension (mechanics)
sv	Swedish Mekanisk spänning
uk	Ukrainian Розтяг
zh	Chinese 張力

Best Rank

Simple English: #758 06.2017

Global: #34011 10.2013

Best Rank

Simple English: #1157 05.2015

Global: #31819 04.2022

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