About The Word Tensile
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Tensile
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What's The Definition Of Tensile?
[adj] 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"
[adj] of or relating to tension; "tensile stress"; "tensile pull" Synonyms | Synonyms for Tensile: ductile | elastic | malleable | pliable | pliant | tractile Related Terms | Find terms related to Tensile: See Also | Tensile In Webster's Dictionary \Ten"sile\, a. [See {Tense}, a.]
1. Of or pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength.
2. Capable of extension; ductile; tensible. --Bacon.
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