tensile
adjective
ten·sile
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Definition of tensile
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Other Words from tensile
tensility
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noun
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noun
Examples of tensile in a Sentence
the tensile strength of steel cable
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Snelson, whose sculptures used the same design principles but were fabricated from stainless steel poles and tensile stainless steel wires, had studied with the American architect, futurist and inventor Buckminster Fuller. — Wendy Moonan, Smithsonian, "How Biology Inspires Future Technology," 27 Aug. 2019 Like all the places in the body where ligaments and muscles attach to bones, overuse and tensile stress can trigger further bone growth, forming enthesophytes. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Debunked: The absurd story about smartphones causing kids to sprout horns," 21 June 2019 Its newest project, a self-assembling table, is built of simply wood and tensile fabric, which folds into place to create a table with no more power than a little nudge from a human. — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, "Behold MIT's Amazing Self-Assembling Table," 21 Apr. 2015 As more nanotubes got incorporated into the bundle, the tensile stress at failure dropped, bottoming out at somewhere around 50 GigaPascals, or less than half the strength of an individual nanotube. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "Forget carbon fiber—we can now make carbon nanotube fibers," 15 May 2018 His novels are constructed, with intricate beauty, from images and scenes that don’t so much flow together as cling together in vibrating, tensile fashion. — BostonGlobe.com, "Michael Ondaatje crafts a superb wartime mystery," 3 May 2018 Its underside, however, will experience severe tensile stress as the beam deforms. — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, "Why Concrete Is So Much Stronger With Just a Little Bit of Rebar," 27 Apr. 2018 Estimated to cost more than $4 million, the renovations include the new tensile roof structure, new seats and updated concessions, said Frank Remesch, general manager of SMG, the company that manages the venue with Live Nation. — Wesley Case, baltimoresun.com, "Under renovations, Pier Six Pavilion announces name change to MECU Pavilion," 24 Apr. 2018 When playing in a swing rhythm, Ms. Reid creates a flow with her cello that’s tensile and quick — like so much free jazz of the 1970s and ’80s — but also earthy and more sturdily organized. — New York Times, "14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend," 19 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tensile.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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tensile
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of tensile
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: relating to the amount that something (such as a wire) can stretch or be stretched without breaking
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