Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tensile"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tensile \Ten"sile\, a. [See {Tense}, a.]
1. Of or pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength.
2. Capable of extension; ductile; tensible. --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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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