Tensile
adjective
Related to the ability of something to be stretched or pulled without breaking.
There was a test to measure the tensile strength of the steel wire.
Often appears as...
- tensile strength
- tensile stress
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Technical
adjective
The ability to absorb a lot of pressure or damage without breaking or failing.
The bridge was built with tensile materials to survive earthquakes.
Often appears as...
- tensile materials
- tensile engineering
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Technical
adjective
Related to the ability of something to be stretched or pulled without breaking.
There was a test to measure the tensile strength of the steel wire.
Often appears as...
- tensile strength
- tensile stress
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
The ability to absorb a lot of pressure or damage without breaking or failing.
The bridge was built with tensile materials to survive earthquakes.
Often appears as...
- tensile materials
- tensile engineering
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Not Elasticity
Remember, tensile refers to stretching without breaking, not simply being elastic or returning to shape.
Rubber bands have elasticity, while the steel cable's tensile strength prevents it from snapping.
Pro Tip 2/3Technical Term
Tensile is often used in engineering, construction, and material science contexts.
They discussed the tensile properties of the new alloy.
Pro Tip 3/3Indirect Safety
Tensile strength implies safety, as materials unlikely to break can prevent accidents.
Safety harnesses rely on the tensile strength of their fibers.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Elasticity
Remember, tensile refers to stretching without breaking, not simply being elastic or returning to shape.
Rubber bands have elasticity, while the steel cable's tensile strength prevents it from snapping.
Pro Tip 2/3Technical Term
Tensile is often used in engineering, construction, and material science contexts.
They discussed the tensile properties of the new alloy.
Pro Tip 3/3Indirect Safety
Tensile strength implies safety, as materials unlikely to break can prevent accidents.
Safety harnesses rely on the tensile strength of their fibers.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Elasticity
Remember, tensile refers to stretching without breaking, not simply being elastic or returning to shape.
Rubber bands have elasticity, while the steel cable's tensile strength prevents it from snapping.
Pro Tip 2/3Technical Term
Tensile is often used in engineering, construction, and material science contexts.
They discussed the tensile properties of the new alloy.
Pro Tip 3/3Indirect Safety
Tensile strength implies safety, as materials unlikely to break can prevent accidents.
Safety harnesses rely on the tensile strength of their fibers.
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Cheryl Hayashi: The...
completely outside their body. This makes testing spider silk really, really easy to do in the laboratory, because we're actually, you know, testing it in air that's exactly the environment that spiders are using their silk proteins. So this makes quantifying silk properties by methods such as tensile testing, which is
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How a wound heals itself...
Finally, in the fourth stage of remodeling, the wound matures as the newly deposited collagen is rearranged and converted into specific types. Through this process, which can take over a year, the tensile strength of the new skin is improved, and blood vessels and other connections are strengthened.
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Meet the dazzling flying...
By tethering flying machines, they can achieve high speeds and accelerations in very tight spaces. They can also autonomously build tensile structures. Skills learned include how to carry loads, how to cope with disturbances, and in general, how to interact with the physical world.
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Design at the...
And this happens across scales. The silkworm first attaches itself to the environment -- it creates a tensile structure -- and it then starts spinning a compressive cocoon. Tension and compression, the two forces of life, manifested in a single material.
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Cameron Sinclair: A call...
put a tensile structure on the top, and when the doctors have finished treating and seeing patients and villagers, you cut down the clinic and you eat it. It's an eat-your-own-clinic. So it's dealing with the fact that if you have AIDS,
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Big Cats: Leopard vs....
immediately bounced upward with its kill but the lioness decides that she has eyes for the prize and also bounds up the tree survival here can be a subtle game and this time the leopard has gauged the tensile strength of the tree
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Magical houses, made of...
Try getting that truck down the mountain. And it's it has the tensile strength of steel, the compressive strength of concrete. Slam four tons straight down on a pole, and it can take it. Because it's hollow, it's lightweight,
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Tal Golesworthy: How I...
is that it lacks some tensile strength. So, the possibility exists to simply externally wrap the pipe, and it would remain stable and operate quite happily. If your high-pressure hose pipe or hydraulic line bulges a little,
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PROTECT YOUR KILL -...
gauged the tensile strength of the tree branches perfectly even though the lionesses inches from a juicy meal she knows that she's too heavy to climb any higher at last the leopard gets a well-earned meal in peace
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Could we build a wooden...
As a result, wood lacked steel’s tensile strength or concrete’s compressive strength— each necessary to support tall buildings and battle the powerful winds found at high altitudes.
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Cheryl Hayashi: The...
completely outside their body. This makes testing spider silk really, really easy to do in the laboratory, because we're actually, you know, testing it in air that's exactly the environment that spiders are using their silk proteins. So this makes quantifying silk properties by methods such as tensile testing, which is
Video examples
How a wound heals itself...
Finally, in the fourth stage of remodeling, the wound matures as the newly deposited collagen is rearranged and converted into specific types. Through this process, which can take over a year, the tensile strength of the new skin is improved, and blood vessels and other connections are strengthened.
Video examples
Meet the dazzling flying...
By tethering flying machines, they can achieve high speeds and accelerations in very tight spaces. They can also autonomously build tensile structures. Skills learned include how to carry loads, how to cope with disturbances, and in general, how to interact with the physical world.
Video examples
Design at the...
And this happens across scales. The silkworm first attaches itself to the environment -- it creates a tensile structure -- and it then starts spinning a compressive cocoon. Tension and compression, the two forces of life, manifested in a single material.
Video examples
Cameron Sinclair: A call...
put a tensile structure on the top, and when the doctors have finished treating and seeing patients and villagers, you cut down the clinic and you eat it. It's an eat-your-own-clinic. So it's dealing with the fact that if you have AIDS,
Video examples
Big Cats: Leopard vs....
immediately bounced upward with its kill but the lioness decides that she has eyes for the prize and also bounds up the tree survival here can be a subtle game and this time the leopard has gauged the tensile strength of the tree
Video examples
Magical houses, made of...
Try getting that truck down the mountain. And it's it has the tensile strength of steel, the compressive strength of concrete. Slam four tons straight down on a pole, and it can take it. Because it's hollow, it's lightweight,
Video examples
Tal Golesworthy: How I...
is that it lacks some tensile strength. So, the possibility exists to simply externally wrap the pipe, and it would remain stable and operate quite happily. If your high-pressure hose pipe or hydraulic line bulges a little,
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PROTECT YOUR KILL -...
gauged the tensile strength of the tree branches perfectly even though the lionesses inches from a juicy meal she knows that she's too heavy to climb any higher at last the leopard gets a well-earned meal in peace
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Could we build a wooden...
As a result, wood lacked steel’s tensile strength or concrete’s compressive strength— each necessary to support tall buildings and battle the powerful winds found at high altitudes.
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Ian Lustick
American Historian
Just as a balloon filled gradually with air bursts when the limit of its tensile strength is passed, there are thresholds of radical, disruptive change in politics. When those thresholds are crossed, the impossible suddenly becomes probable, with revolutionary implications for governments and nations.
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Cheryl Hayashi
American Scientist
Some spider silks are really strong, but not all of them are. The ones that are really strong can actually rival steel and approach the tensile strength of Kevlar. Thus far, the dragline silk seems to be the strongest.
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Cesare Pavese
Italian Poet
Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce.
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Ian Lustick
American Historian
Just as a balloon filled gradually with air bursts when the limit of its tensile strength is passed, there are thresholds of radical, disruptive change in politics. When those thresholds are crossed, the impossible suddenly becomes probable, with revolutionary implications for governments and nations.
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Cheryl Hayashi
American Scientist
Some spider silks are really strong, but not all of them are. The ones that are really strong can actually rival steel and approach the tensile strength of Kevlar. Thus far, the dragline silk seems to be the strongest.
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Cesare Pavese
Italian Poet
Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce.
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