adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to tension.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
tensile
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈtɛn.saɪ(ə)l/
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US: /ˈtɛn.sɪl/
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US: /ˈtɛn.səl/
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rhymes with -ɛnsaɪəl
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adj
Meaning 2
Capable of being stretched; ductile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tractile
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
of or relating to tension
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- tensile stress
- tensile pull
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- ductile copper
- malleable metals such as gold
- they soaked the leather to made it pliable
- pliant molten glass
- made of highly tensile steel alloy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tractile
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin tēnsilis, from tendō (“to stretch”).
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: напрегнат (napregnat) — of or pertaining to tension
- Finnish: veto- — of or pertaining to tension
- Japanese: 張力の (chōryoku no) — of or pertaining to tension
- Japanese: 伸張の (shinchō no) — of or pertaining to tension
- Japanese: 引っ張り (hippari) — of or pertaining to tension
- Spanish: tensil — of or pertaining to tension
- Spanish: tensional — of or pertaining to tension
- Spanish: tensado — of or pertaining to tension
- Spanish: de tensión — of or pertaining to tension
- Bulgarian: разтеглив (raztegliv) — capable of being stretched; ductile
- Japanese: 引き伸ばせる (hikinobaseru) — capable of being stretched; ductile
- Russian: растяжи́мый (rastjažímyj) — capable of being stretched; ductile
- Russian: эласти́чный (elastíčnyj) — capable of being stretched; ductile
- Spanish: dúctil — capable of being stretched; ductile
- Spanish: tensado — capable of being stretched; ductile