tensibility

noun

ten·​si·​bil·​i·​ty

ˌten(t)səˈbilətē

plural -es

: the quality or state of being tensible

the nonelastic nature of the arthropod cuticula gives the body wall but little tensibility

—R. E. Snodgrass

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