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tensile

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ten⋅sile

  [ten-suhl, -sil or, especially Brit., -sahyl]
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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; < NL tēnsilis. See tense 1 , -ile

Related forms:
ten⋅sil⋅i⋅ty  [ten-sil-i-tee] , ten⋅sile⋅ness, noun
ten⋅sile⋅ly, adverb
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ten·sile   (těn'səl, -sīl')   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to tension.

  2. Capable of being stretched or extended; ductile.


[New Latin tēnsilis, from Latin tēnsus, stretched out; see tense1.]
ten·sil'i·ty (těn-sĭl'ĭ-tē) n.
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