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Definition of: tensile
(ten′sil, Brit. ten′sīl) adjective
1. Of or pertaining to tension.
2. Capable of extension.
3. Producing tones from stretched strings: said instruments. [<NL tensilis <L tensus. See TENSE1.]
—ten·sil·i·ty (ten·sil′ə·tē) noun
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