tensile

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tensile /ˈtɛn səl/ ?

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His best buildings have a delicacy inseparable from their tensile power.
In the title roles, Brian Murray and John Wood are phenomenal, and Derek Goldby's direction has tensile strength.
Once formed, Ford's plastic has not the tensile strength of steel, hence will not be used for frame, chassis or motor blocks.

"I am the kind of person, like my mother, who gave up on having a good reputation a long time ago," Karr says. "I spent so much of my childhood marginalized because of how my family is. You had to develop some tensile strength in your ego or...
on Nov 13, 2009 By: Mary Karr Source: MiamiHerald.com
"She's incredibly intuitive," Burnett says. "From the first time I met her, when she was very young, she always knew what was good. Her songs have this tensile strength."
on Jun 12, 2004 By: T Bone Burnett Source: Boston Globe (registration)