Adjective
- 1. tensile
- usage: of or relating to tension; "tensile stress"; "tensile pull"
- 2. ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile, formed (vs. unformed)
- usage: capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "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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