"tensile" in the adjective sense
1. tensile
of or relating to tension
"tensile stress"
"tensile pull"
2. ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile
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"
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