tensible

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English

Etymology

From tense +‎ -ible?

Adjective

tensible (comparative more tensible, superlative most tensible)

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

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