tensile

• Then, when his rocket ran low on fuel, he lassoed a satellite with a length of high-tensile cable and pulled himself up the rest of the way on that. —  Magazine - Fantasy and Science Fiction - [Vol 112] - Issue 04 - April 2007 (v1.0) [html]
• On hard steel the blades will blunt quickly, and the brittleness of the high-tensile steel blade means that they break easily Hole saws Hole saws are a hybrid between a drill bit and a saw.
• She was shivering, those tensile-steel limbs hard and gentle in their embrace, her downy skin hot and sweating as it would when she had been gravely upset. —  Cherryh, CJ - Hestia (v1.0) (html)
• Behind Sierra, taking her hand off the hilt of her short-sword, was a rangy female Shaman with the kind of tensile grace that shouted combat training and a tat that matched Sierra's. —  Lilith Saintcrow - [Dante Valentine 2] - Dead Man Rising
• With a high-tensile double cradle steel frame and Showa suspension working on both ends (49mm forks deliver 130mm of wheel travel and a rear monoshock linked to an aluminum swingarm), these bikes are meant to offer first class accommodations. —  Top Speed

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