Meaning & use
tensile
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Relating to the capacity of a material to be stretched or pulled without breaking.
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Steel cables are chosen for bridges because of their high tensile strength.
Engineers tested the tensile properties of the new alloy before approving it.
A note on using this word
Almost always appears in the fixed phrase 'tensile strength' in engineering and materials science.
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