duc·tile (d k t l, -t l )adj. 1. Easily drawn into wire or hammered thin: ductile metals. 2. Easily molded or shaped. See Synonyms at malleable. 3. Capable of being readily persuaded or influenced; tractable. [Middle English ductil, from Old French, from Latin ductilis, from ductus, past participle of d  cere, to lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.]duc·til i·ty (-t l-t ), ducti·li·bili·ty (-l-bl-t) n. |
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| Noun | 1. | ductility - the malleability of something that can be drawn into threads or wires or hammered into thin sheets malleability, plasticity - the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking |
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