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tensile

adjective
🔊/ˈtensaɪl/
🔊/ˈtensl/
 (specialist)
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  1. [only before noun] used to describe the extent to which something 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
    • This experiment demonstrates the tensile strength of the wire.该实验证明了线材的拉伸强度。
    Topics Physics and chemistryc2
  2. 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
    • You’ll need high tensile cable for the job.您需要高强度电缆才能完成这项工作。
    Topics Physics and chemistryc2
    3. Word Originearly 17th cent. (in sense (2)): from medieval Latin tensilis, from Latin tendere ‘to stretch’.