Tensile has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
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"
3
Of or pertaining to tension.
"The engineer tested the material's tensile strength by pulling until it snapped."
Example Sentences
"tensile stress"
adjective
"tensile pull"
adjective
"ductile copper"
adjective
"malleable metals such as gold"
adjective
"they soaked the leather to made it pliable"
adjective
"pliant molten glass"
adjective
"made of highly tensile steel alloy"
adjective