tensile

adj 1: of or relating to tension; "tensile stress"; "tensile pull"

2: capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile

copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the

leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made

of highly tensile steel alloy" [syn: {ductile}, {malleable},

{pliable}, {pliant}, {tractile}]

tense

Of programs, very clever and efficient. A tense piece of code

often got that way because it was highly {bum}med, but

sometimes it was just based on a great idea. A comment in a

clever routine by Mike Kazar, once a grad-student hacker at

CMU: "This routine is so tense it will bring tears to your

eyes." A tense programmer is one who produces tense code.

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