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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or relating to tension;
- Example: "tensile stress"
- Example: "tensile pull"

2. capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out;
- Example: "ductile copper"
- Example: "malleable metals such as gold"
- Example: "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"
- Example: "pliant molten glass"
- Example: "made of highly tensile steel alloy"
[syn: ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile]



The 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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