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tensile, a.|ˈtɛnsɪl, -aɪl|
Also 7 tensil.
[ad. mod.L. tensil-is capable of stretching, f. tens-, ppl. stem of tendĕre to stretch: see -il, -ile.]
1. Capable of being stretched; susceptible of extension; ductile.
1626Bacon Sylva §845 All bodies ductile, and tensile, that will be drawn into wires. 1666J. Smith Old Age (1676) 173 The dry, solid, tensile, hard, and crusty parts of the body. 1794Mrs. Piozzi Synon. I. 175, I have omitted tensile on the list,..only because 'tis out of use in talk. 1874Tait Rec. Adv. Phys. Sc. xiii. (1876) 313 It [a soap-bubble] has two tensile surfaces with a layer of water between them.
2. Of, of the nature of, or pertaining to tension; exercising or sustaining tension. spec. as tensile test (Engin.), a test for determining the tensile strength of a sample of material (usu. metal); so tensile testing (also attrib.).
1841Civil Engin. & Arch. Jrnl. IV. 31/2 Cast iron..will bear a very considerable tensile strain. 1857Whewell Hist. Induct. Sci. (ed. 3) II. 444 Wrought iron yields to compressive somewhat more easily than to tensile force. 1868Joynson Metals 90 It possesses a tensile strength double that of good malleable iron. a1877Knight Dict. Mech. III. 2539/1 In the hydraulic tensile testing-machine..the specimen is held by the two clips. 1883Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 98 (heading) Results of tensile tests made at University College, London. 1898Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 936 This tensile strain is due to the stress of the hypertrophied left ventricle. 1923Glazebrook Dict. Appl. Physics V. 53/1 Two types of testing machine are in use for the tensile testing of fabric specimens. 1953D. J. O. Brandt Manuf. Iron & Steel 362 Fig. 203 shows a tensile testing machine and the method of setting up the test piece. 1973J. G. Tweeddale Materials Technol. I. iv. 78 (caption) A tensile test piece.
3. Of a musical instrument: Producing sounds from stretched strings. rare—0.
In recent Dicts.
Hence ˈtensiled a. (rare—0), ‘made tensile; rendered capable of tension’ (Webster 1864); ˈtensilely adv., in relation to tension; tenˈsility, tensile condition or quality.
1871Standard 28 Jan., Small forgings are generally tensilely stronger proportionately than large ones. 1659H. More Immort. Soul ii. x. (1662) 102 The libration or reciprocation of the spirits in the tensility of the muscles. 1910Daily News 14 Apr. 6 A tensility which almost doubles when the metal is wrought and drawn. |