tensile : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tensile	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tensile adj of or relating to tension; "tensile stress"; "tensile pull" 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" Synonym(s): ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile
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.