| a. | 1. | Of or pertaining to extension; |
| 2. | Capable of extension; ductile; tensible. |
| Adj. | 1. | tensile - of or relating to tension; "tensile stress"; "tensile pull" |
| 2. | tensile - 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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