# tenseness

> pronunciation of a vowel with narrower mouth width (often with raised tongue, less centralization, and longer duration); e.g. in English, /iː/ (tense) vs /ɪ/ (lax); /uː/ (tense) vs /ʊ/ (lax)

**Wikidata**: [Q1143169](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1143169)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenseness)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/tenseness


## References

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