Tensility

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or state of being tensile (capable of being extended). countable, uncountable

    "the tensility of the muscles"

Synonyms

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adaptabilityagreeabilityamenabilitybendabilityductibilityductility

Example

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"It is therefore almost certain that mutability depends on changes not in the tensility of the collagen fibrils, but in the cohesive forces holding the fibrils together."

Etymology

From tensile + -ity.

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