TENSILE

ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile

(adjective) 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”

tensile

(adjective) of or relating to tension; “tensile stress”; “tensile pull”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

tensile (comparative more tensile, superlative most tensile)

Of or pertaining to tension.

Capable of being stretched; ductile.

Anagrams

• Steinle, lenites, lisente, setline

Source: Wiktionary


Ten"sile, a. Etym: [See Tense, a.]

1. Of or pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength.

2. Capable of extension; ductile; tensible. Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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