tensile
/'tensail/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Capable of being stretched or drawn out without breaking: Describes a material's ability to undergo elongation when subjected to pulling forces.
- Of or relating to tension: Pertaining to the state of being stretched tight or the force that causes stretching.
Usage Examples
- Describing a material property:
- The cable is made of a highly tensile steel alloy.
- Nylon is a strong and tensile fiber used in ropes.
- Relating to tension:
- Engineers calculated the tensile stress on the bridge supports.
- The tensile force applied to the spring was measured.
Advanced Usage
- "Tensile strength": A specific technical term referring to the maximum stress a material can withstand while being stretched or pulled before failing or breaking.
- The tensile strength of this polymer is exceptional.
- "Tensile load": A load that tends to stretch or elongate a material.
- The structure was designed to bear a significant tensile load.
Variants and Related Words
- Tensility (n): The quality or state of being tensile.
- The tensility of the new synthetic fiber is being tested.
- Tension (n): The state of being stretched tight; mental or emotional strain.
- High tension in the wire requires a strong material.
Synonyms
- Ductile: Capable of being drawn out into a thin wire.
- Pliable: Easily bent or shaped.
- Stretchable: Able to be made longer or wider without tearing.
Antonyms
- Brittle: Hard but liable to break or shatter easily.
- Inflexible: Not capable of being bent or stretched.
Adjective
- 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
- of or relating to tension
- tensile stress
- tensile pull