tensible

adj

tensible

adj

Etymology From tense + -ible?

1

Capable of being extended or drawn out; ductile; tensile.

Gold […] is likewise the most flexible and tensible.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

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