Medical Definition of Tensile stress

1. A stress acting on a body per unit cross-sectional area so as to elongate the body. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tensile Stress

tenseness
tensenesses
tenser
tenses
tensest
tense part of the tympanic membrane
tense pulse
tense system
tense up
tensible
tensibly
tensile
tensilely
tensile strength
tensile strength
tensile stress (current term)
tensilities
tensility
tensility
Tensilon test
tensimeter
tensin
tensing
tensiometer
tensiometer
tensiometers
tensiometric
tensiometries
tensiometry
tension

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