tensible

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adjective

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

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Meanings

adjectivetensible (comparative more tensible, superlative most tensible)

comparative more tensible · superlative most tensible

  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

Origin

From tense + -ible?

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

stilbene
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APA

tensible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tensible

MLA

“tensible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tensible. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tensible,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tensible.

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