<adj.all> ductile copper malleable metals such as gold they soaked the leather to made it pliable pliant molten glass made of highly tensile steel alloy
Tensile \Ten"sile\, a. [See {Tense}, a.] 1. Of or pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength.
2. Capable of extension; ductile; tensible. --Bacon.
In another room, Marlowe takes a circular section cut from the middle of a condom, similar to a wide rubber band, and stretches it on a machine to test its tensile strength _ how far it will stretch before it snaps.
Eight to 10 percent of a small sample surveyed by the utilities last fall at the agency's request were below required specifications for tensile strength, hardness, resistance to stretching or chemical composition.