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AHD defines ductile as capable of being drawn into wire (said of metal) or capable of being easily molded or shaped; plastic. Tensile is defined as capable of being stretched; ductile. Both are adjectives; ductility and tensility are the corresponding nouns*. They're pretty close, but tensile sounds a little more general to me.
*Whad I tell ya bout that dictionary, Dr. Bill?
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If it ain't ductile,it won't make wire. But some wires are more tensile than others.
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Dada gaga, typo diaperful. Duramen. Duramen. Duramen.
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The cambium is the layer where new woood is formed. It has to have channels to bring in carbohydrate sap to be turned into xylose, and so is porous and soft. Dictionary say see CHANGE - remember, a "cambitst" is a money changer.
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The cambium is a narrow layer where new cells are actively produced. I remember learning that in Boany way back in 1935.
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