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Ductile

Ductile Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ductile? [adj] capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy" [adj] easily influenced Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ductile: elastic \| malleable \| pliable \| pliant \| tensile \| tractable \| tractile Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ductile: adaptable \| bendable \| bending \| biddable \| compliant \| convenient \| docile \| elastic \| extensible \| extensile \| fabricable \| facile \| feasible \| fictile \| flexible \| flexile \| flexuous \| fluid \| foolproof \| formable \| formative \| giving \| handy \| impressible \| impressionable \| like putty \| limber \| liquid \| lissome \| lithe \| lithesome \| malleable \| manageable \| maneuverable \| moldable \| plastic \| pliable \| pliant \| practical \| receptive \| responsive \| sensitive \| sequacious \| shapable \| springy \| submissive \| submitting \| supple \| susceptible \| tractable \| tractile \| untroublesome \| whippy \| wieldable \| wieldy \| willowy \| yielding See Also \| Ductile In Webster's Dictionary \Duc"tile\, a. [L. ductilis, fr. ducere to lead: cf. F. ductile. See {Duct}.] 1. Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people. --Addison. Forms their ductile minds To human virtues. --Philips. 2. Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or threads. Gold . . . is the softest and most ductile of all metals. --Dryden. -- {Duc"tilely}, adv. -- {Duc"tileness}, n.

Ductile Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ductile?

[adj] capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy"
[adj] easily influenced

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Ductile In Webster's Dictionary

\Duc"tile\, a. [L. ductilis, fr. ducere to lead: cf. F.
ductile. See {Duct}.]
1. Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives,
   persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people.
   --Addison.

         Forms their ductile minds To human virtues.
                                               --Philips.

2. Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or
   threads.

         Gold . . . is the softest and most ductile of all
         metals.                               --Dryden.
   -- {Duc"tile*ly}, adv. -- {Duc"tile*ness}, n.

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