Tensile

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:43:53

Ten"sile (?), a. [See Tense, a.]

1.

Of or pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength.

2.

Capable of extension; ductile; tensible.

Bacon.

 

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