Tensile \Ten"sile\, a. [See Tense, a.]
1. Of or pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength.
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2. Capable of extension; ductile; tensible. --Bacon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tensile
adj 1: of or relating to tension; "tensile stress"; "tensile pull"
2: 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" [syn: ductile, malleable,
pliable, pliant, tractile]
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