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tensile

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ten·sile /ˈtensaɪl $ ˈtensəl/ adjective [only before noun] technical  PULLable to be stretched without breaking 可伸展[拉长] tensile rubber 有伸缩性的橡胶
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tensilehigh-tensile Egyptian cottonThe device incorporates a high tensile steel tube which clamps to the steering wheel and an integral alarm.Light, high tensile strength fibres confer stiffness and strength to a polymer resin that binds them into a rigid three-dimensional form.Nor did its low tensile strength help either.The following year, Brinley began routine tensile tests for steel.
ten·sile adjectiveChineseSyllable
stretched breaking able Corpus to be without


tensile
tensile /ˈtensaɪl $ ˈtensəl/ adjective [only before noun] technical
able to be stretched without breaking:
    tensile rubber


ten·sileBrE /ˈtensaɪl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtensl/ 🔊 adjective (specialist) [only before noun] used to describe the extent to which sth can stretch without breaking 张力的;拉力的;抗张的the tensile strength of rope绳索的抗拉强度that can be drawn out or stretched 可拉长的;能伸长的;可延展的tensile cable可伸延的电缆