tensile
    adj 1: of or relating to tension; "tensile stress"; "tensile
           pull"
    2: 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" [syn: ductile, malleable,
       pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile]

Tensile \Ten"sile\, a. [See Tense, a.]
   1. Of or pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength.
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   2. Capable of extension; ductile; tensible. --Bacon.
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