tensile strain

noun

The relative elongation of a material when subjected to tension.

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Meanings

nountensile strain (countable and uncountable, plural tensile strains)

plural tensile strains

  1. countableuncountablenatural sciencesThe relative elongation of a material when subjected to tension.
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