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ductilities Definition


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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.



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