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tensible

tensible adjective: capable of being extended or drawn out; ductile; tensile.

Adjective

tensible (comparative more tensible, superlative most tensible)

  1. Capable of being extended or drawn out; ductile; tensile.
    • Gold […] is likewise the most flexible and tensible.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...

Forms of tensible

comparativemore tensible
superlativemost tensible

Origin of tensible

From tense + -ible?

Questions about tensible

What does tensible mean?
Tensible means capable of being extended or drawn out; ductile; tensile.
What part of speech is tensible?
Tensible is an adjective.

Words near tensible in the dictionary

  1. tenser
  2. tenses
  3. tenses up
  4. tensest
  5. tensibility
  6. tensible
  7. tenside
  8. tensides
  9. tensies
  10. tensification
  11. tensile

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