| tensile | (adj) of or relating to tension, Example: tensile stress; tensile pull |
| tensile strength | (n) the strength of material expressed as the greatest longitudinal stress it can bear without tearing apart |
| Tensile | a. [ See Tense, a. ] |
| Tensiled | a. Made tensile. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tensility | n. The quality or state of being tensile, or capable of extension; tensibility; |