tensile

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

of or relating to tension“tensile stress”“tensile pull”
capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out“ductile copper”“malleable metals such as gold”“they soaked the leather to made it pliable”“pliant molten glass”“made of highly tensile steel alloy”Synonyms: ductile malleable pliable pliant tractile

Tensile \Ten"sile\, a. [See Tense, a.]

1.Of or pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength. [1913 Webster]

2.Capable of extension; ductile; tensible. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]