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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 1.6 [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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