Tensile
['tensaɪl] or ['tɛnsl]
Definition
(adj.) of or relating to tension; 'tensile stress'; 'tensile pull' .
Checker: Louie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength.
(a.) Capable of extension; ductile; tensible.
Checker: Thomas
Examples
- The boiler, which is arranged under the seat, is a vertical cylinder wrapped with piano wire for greater tensile strength, and contains 298 copper tubes. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The most delicate materials are tested by the same machine--the tensile strength of a horsehair, some of which are found to stand the strain of one and two pounds. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Checker: Thomas