Key term for Edexcel GCSE Physics, used in Springs and Elasticity.
A pair of forces pulling in opposite directions that tend to stretch an object and increase its length.
Tensile force appears in Edexcel GCSE Physics revision content for Forces and matter, especially Springs and Elasticity and Forces for Stretching/Bending.
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