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1. (adj.) tensile
of or pertaining to tension:
tensile strain.
2. tensile
capable of being stretched or drawn out; ductile.
Etymology: (1620–30; < NL tēnsilis)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) tensile
of or relating to tension
"tensile stress"; "tensile pull"
2. (adj) ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile
capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
"ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) tensile
of or pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength
2. (adj) tensile
capable of extension; ductile; tensible
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