单词 | tensile |
释义 | tensileadj. 1. Capable of being stretched; susceptible of extension; ductile. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] > elastic > stretchable stretchable1398 extensible1611 extensive1612 tensible1626 tensile1626 reaching1651 distendible1673 extendible1693 distractile1709 distensile1739 extensile1744 elastic1781 distensible1828 distensive1836 stretchy1854 stretching1897 two-way stretch1932 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §845 All bodies ductile, and tensile, that will be drawn into wires. 1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ (1676) 173 The dry, solid, tensile, hard, and crusty parts of the body. 1794 H. L. Piozzi Brit. Synonymy I. 175 I have omitted tensile on the list,..only because 'tis out of use in talk. 1876 P. G. Tait Lect. Recent Adv. in Physical Sci. xiii. 313 It [a soap-bubble] has two tensile surfaces with a layer of water between them. 2. Of, of the nature of, or pertaining to tension; exercising or sustaining tension. spec. as tensile test (Engineering), a test for determining the tensile strength of a sample of material (usually metal); so tensile testing (also attributive). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [adjective] > relating to tension hand-tight1794 tensile1841 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > types of metal generally > [adjective] > other types or qualities of metal refinable1607 maiden1622 conflatory1650 calcinable1652 noble1666 deft1683 tensile1841 calcigenous1854 multiple-phase1891 slagless1899 air-hardening1901 non-ferrous1909 free-cutting1923 multiphase1946 semi-metallic1974 1841 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 4 31/2 Cast iron..will bear a very considerable tensile strain. 1857 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. (ed. 3) II. 444 Wrought iron yields to compressive somewhat more easily than to tensile force. 1868 F. H. Joynson Metals in Constr. 90 It possesses a tensile strength double that of good malleable iron. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2539/1 In the hydraulic tensile testing-machine..the specimen is held by the two clips. 1883 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 98 (heading) Results of tensile tests made at University College, London. 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 936 This tensile strain is due to the stress of the hypertrophied left ventricle. 1923 R. Glazebrook Dict. Appl. Physics V. 53/1 Two types of testing machine are in use for the tensile testing of fabric specimens. 1953 D. J. O. Brandt Manuf. Iron & Steel 362 Fig. 203 shows a tensile testing machine and the method of setting up the test piece. 1973 J. G. Tweeddale Materials Technol. I. iv. 78 (caption) A tensile test piece. Categories » 3. Of a musical instrument: Producing sounds from stretched strings. rare. (Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.) DerivativesCategories » ˈtensiled adj. rare ‘made tensile; rendered capable of tension’ (Webster 1864).Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ˈtensilely adv. in relation to tension. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [adverb] > in relation to tension tensilely1871 1871 Standard 28 Jan. Small forgings are generally tensilely stronger proportionately than large ones. tenˈsility n. tensile condition or quality. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [noun] > elasticity restitution1656 tensility1659 springiness1662 spring power1662 elasticity1664 bearing1674 spring1683 resiliency1712 resilience1807 1659 H. More Immortality of Soul ii. x. 218 The Libration or Reciprocation of the Spirits in the Tensility of the Muscles. 1910 Daily News 14 Apr. 6 A tensility which almost doubles when the metal is wrought and drawn. Draft additions March 2022 tensile stress n. a force tending to stretch an object or material; the stretching force per unit area within a material. ΚΠ 1849 J. Glynn Rudimentary Treat. Constr. Cranes vi. 66 When cast iron is subject to tension, the strength is in proportion to the areas of the transverse section of the bars, but it is seldom applied to resist tensile stress, wrought iron being generally used for that purpose on account of its greater toughness and strength. 1955 F. E. Miller & H. A. Doeringsfeld Mech. Materials xii. 337 The directions of the principal tensile stresses may be determined from equation 12–17. 1976 J. E. Gordon New Sci. Strong Materials (ed. 2) ii. 43 A very strong steel may withstand a tensile stress of 450,000 pounds (200 tons) per square inch (3,000 MN/m²), while ordinary brick or cement may perhaps withstand 600 or 800 p.s.i. or only 4 or 5 MN/m². 2010 B. Cotterell Fracture & Life ii. 48 Small tensile stresses are capable of creating deep crevasses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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