Tensile synonyms

tĕn'səl, -sīl'

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malleable
Capable of great deformation without breaking, when subject to compressive stress . Gold is the most malleable metal.
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extensible
Capable of being extended.
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ductile
Capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.
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pliable
Easily bent or molded; flexible
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pliant
Adaptable or compliant
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tractile
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compressive (related)
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flexural (related)
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ductility (related)
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biaxial (related)
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conductivity (related)
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dielectric (related)
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coefficient-of-friction (related)
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weldability (related)
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shear (related)
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uniaxial (related)
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interlaminar (related)
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through-thickness (related)
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adherend (related)
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formability (related)
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hardness (related)
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Tensile Sentence Examples

  • Its tensile strength is higher than that of steel.

  • The safe tensile strength of Portland cement concrete would be something like one-tenth of its compressive strength, and might be far less.

  • Ewing has shown that it is diminished and may even be reversed by tensile stress.

  • Some experiments were next undertaken with the view of ascertaining how far magnetic changes of length in iron were dependent upon the hardness of the metal, and the unexpected result was arrived at that softening produces the same effect as tensile stress; it depresses the elongation curve, diminishing the maximum extension, and reducing the " critical value " of the magnetizing force.

  • To meet tensile stresses the steel is nearly always inserted in the form of bars running along the beam.

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