tensile strength
noun
: the greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing apart
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Honk for Jesus shares a lot of Tammy Faye's small-screen feel and sense for winky episodic comedy; like that movie too, it's held together by the tensile strength of the petite, bedazzled female at its center. 
Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2022 Both levels of disposable gowns also failed to meet a standard for tensile strength, which was not recognized by the FDA at the time of testing but has been since. Brett Kelman, Scientific American, 5 July 2022 As Yo-han, Kang’s face is a dark study in misery, determination and tensile strength. Joan Macdonald, Forbes, 11 June 2022 Soft and pillowy with a bit of sweetness, yet with the necessary tensile strength to carry the mass of toppings, the doggo bun is commonly mistaken for a bolillo. Minerva Orduño Rincón, The Arizona Republic, 6 June 2022 Still, Sondheim and Furth’s show has its own tensile strength. Helen Shaw, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2021 Similarly, chain mail exhibits high-tensile strength to protect a warrior but is able to fit around the body. Lars Fischer, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2021 But tensile strength testing showed the pistachio shell material is far stronger, likely because its cells have three times as many lobes as walnut cells. Christa Lesté-lasserre, Science | AAAS, 10 Aug. 2021 Embedding steel adds that essential tensile strength, and sound design calculations, backed up by building codes, specify how much steel is needed, depending on the type, size and other features of a building. New York Times, 3 July 2021 See More
Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2022 Both levels of disposable gowns also failed to meet a standard for tensile strength, which was not recognized by the FDA at the time of testing but has been since. Brett Kelman, Scientific American, 5 July 2022 As Yo-han, Kang’s face is a dark study in misery, determination and tensile strength. Joan Macdonald, Forbes, 11 June 2022 Soft and pillowy with a bit of sweetness, yet with the necessary tensile strength to carry the mass of toppings, the doggo bun is commonly mistaken for a bolillo. Minerva Orduño Rincón, The Arizona Republic, 6 June 2022 Still, Sondheim and Furth’s show has its own tensile strength. Helen Shaw, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2021 Similarly, chain mail exhibits high-tensile strength to protect a warrior but is able to fit around the body. Lars Fischer, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2021 But tensile strength testing showed the pistachio shell material is far stronger, likely because its cells have three times as many lobes as walnut cells. Christa Lesté-lasserre, Science | AAAS, 10 Aug. 2021 Embedding steel adds that essential tensile strength, and sound design calculations, backed up by building codes, specify how much steel is needed, depending on the type, size and other features of a building. New York Times, 3 July 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1862, in the meaning defined above