tensile
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tensile
adj.
capable of being stretched
Tension (physics)
In
physics,
tension describes the pulling force exerted by each end of a string, cable, chain, or similar one-dimensional continuous object, or by each end of a rod,
truss member, or similar three dimensional object.
tensile
Adjective
1. of or relating to tension; "tensile stress"; "tensile pull"
(pertainym) tension
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"
(synonym) ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tractile
(similar) elastic
Tensile
(a.)
Of or pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength.
(a.)
Capable of extension; ductile; tensible.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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