tensile

2 definitions found

tensile - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tensile \Ten"sile\, a. [See Tense, a.]
     1. Of or pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength.
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     2. Capable of extension; ductile; tensible. --Bacon.
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tensile - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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, tensile, tractile]