Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tensile \Ten"sile\, a. [See {Tense}, a.]
   1. Of or pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength.

   2. Capable of extension; ductile; tensible. --Bacon.

Source : WordNet®

tensile
     adj 1: of or relating to tension; "tensile stress"; "tensile pull"
     2: capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile
        copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the
        leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made
        of highly tensile steel alloy" [syn: {ductile}, {malleable},
         {pliable}, {pliant}, {tractile}]