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Webster 1913 Edition


Tensile

Ten′sile

,
Adj.
[See
Tense
,
Adj.
]
1.
Of or pertaining to extension;
as,
tensile
strength
.
2.
Capable of extension; ductile; tensible.
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tensile

TENS'ILE

,
Adj.
Capable of extension.

Definition 2024


tensile

tensile

English

Adjective

tensile (comparative more tensile, superlative most tensile)

  1. Of or pertaining to tension
  2. Capable of being stretched; ductile

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