ductile Definition

ductile
adj

1. chem.
Denoting certain metals, eg copper, that can be drawn out into a thin wire or thread without breaking.
2. Easily influenced by others.

Thesaurus: yielding, pliable, pliant, malleable, flexible, amenable, plastic, tractable, compliant, manipulatable, docile; Antonym: intractable, refractory.

Derivative: ductility
noun

The capacity of metal to be stretched or pressed into shape.

Etymology: 17c in sense 1; originally 14c meaning ‘flexible': from Latin ductilis, from ducere, ductum to lead.