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tensile

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tensile in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. 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"
    ductile  malleable  pliable  pliant  tensile  tractile 
  2. of or relating to tension
    "tensile stress"; "tensile pull"
    tensile 
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