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tensile |
2 definitions found 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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