What is the meaning of tensile?

adjective

  • Of or relating to tension.
    • usage: "tensile stress"; "tensile pull"
  • Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out.
    • usage: "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy"
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