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ten·sile
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səl
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adjective
1.
of or pertaining to tension:
tensile strain.
2.
capable of being stretched or drawn out; ductile.
Origin:
1620–30;
<
Neo-Latin
tēnsilis.
See
tense
1
,
-ile
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ten·sil·i·ty
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ten·sile·ness,
noun
ten·sile·ly,
adverb
non·ten·sile,
adjective
non·ten·sil·i·ty,
noun
un·ten·sile,
adjective
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tensile
(ˈtɛnsaɪl)
—
adj
1.
of or relating to tension
2.
sufficiently ductile to be stretched or drawn out
[C17: from New Latin
tensilis,
from Latin
tendere
to stretch]
'tensilely
—
adv
tensility
—
n
'tensileness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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tensile
1626, from Mod.L. tensilis "capable of being stretched," from L. tensus, pp. of tendere "to stretch" (see
tenet
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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