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ˈtɛn səl, -sɪl, -saɪlten·sile

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. tensileadjective

    of or relating to tension

    "tensile stress"; "tensile pull"

  2. ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractileadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. tensileadjective

    Of or pertaining to tension

  2. tensileadjective

    Capable of being stretched; ductile

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Tensileadjective

    Capable of extension.

    Etymology: tensilis, Lat.

    All bodies ductile and tensile, as metals, that will be drawn into wires, have in them the appetite of not discontinuing. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist. №. 845.

Wikipedia

  1. tensile

    In physics, tension is described as the pulling force transmitted axially by the means of a string, a rope, chain, or similar object, or by each end of a rod, truss member, or similar three-dimensional object; tension might also be described as the action-reaction pair of forces acting at each end of said elements. Tension could be the opposite of compression. At the atomic level, when atoms or molecules are pulled apart from each other and gain potential energy with a restoring force still existing, the restoring force might create what is also called tension. Each end of a string or rod under such tension could pull on the object it is attached to, in order to restore the string/rod to its relaxed length. Tension (as a transmitted force, as an action-reaction pair of forces, or as a restoring force) is measured in newtons in the International System of Units (or pounds-force in Imperial units). The ends of a string or other object transmitting tension will exert forces on the objects to which the string or rod is connected, in the direction of the string at the point of attachment. These forces due to tension are also called "passive forces". There are two basic possibilities for systems of objects held by strings: either acceleration is zero and the system is therefore in equilibrium, or there is acceleration, and therefore a net force is present in the system.

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  1. tensile

    Tensile refers to the capacity or ability of a material or object to withstand tensile (stretching) forces or stress without breaking or being deformed. It's a property that measures the strength and flexibility of materials such as metal, glass, plastic, or fibers. Therefore, tensile strength, tensile stress, or tensile strain all refer to the resistance of a material to a force tending to tear it apart.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tensileadjective

    of or pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength

  2. Tensileadjective

    capable of extension; ductile; tensible

Anagrams for tensile »

  1. lenites

  2. lisente

  3. leisten

  4. setline

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tensile in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tensile in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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