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TENSILE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
Example:
made of highly tensile steel alloy
Synonyms:
ductile; malleable; pliable; pliant; tensile; tractile
Classified under:
Similar:
formed (having or given a form or shape)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to tension
Example:
tensile pull
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
tension ((physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body)
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