All man-made fibre rope stretches to nearly half its own length before parting, when the stretched rope immediately whips back directly along the line of pull, and will not curl about as does a wire after it parts.
Zonke iintsontelo zentsinga ezenziwe ngumntu zireka phantse kangangesiqingatha sayo phambi kokuba zahlukane, xa intsontelo erekileyo ithandeleka kamsinyane apho ibitsaleke khona, kwaye ayiphotheki njengokuba isenza njalo intsontelo xa igqiba kwahlukana.