"tensility" meaning in English

See tensility in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: tensilities [plural]
Etymology: From tensile + -ity. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tensile|ity}} tensile + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tensility (countable and uncountable, plural tensilities)
  1. The quality or state of being tensile (capable of being extended). Tags: countable, uncountable

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