distensibilityn.
/dɪstɛnsɪˈbɪlɪti/ The quality of being distensible; capability of being distended or stretched asunder.
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extendibility1477
extension1594
extensibilitya1640
tensibility1676
extensiveness1701
extensibleness1727
distensibility1758
stretch1875
stretchability1940
stretchiness1963
1758 J. Parsons in Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 355 As to the integuments and membranes of the body, their great distensibility is well known.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 66/1 Qualities of..distensibility and contractility.
1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 408 India-rubber cloth loses in part its distensibility in very cold countries.
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