ductile

duc·tile  (dktl, -tl)

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.

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[Middle English ductil, from Old French, from Latin ductilis, from ductus, past participle of dcere, to lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.]

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duc·tili·ty (-tl-t), ducti·li·bili·ty (-l-bl-t) n.

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ductile [ˈdʌktaɪl]

adj

1. (Engineering / Metallurgy) (of a metal, such as gold or copper) able to be drawn out into wire

2. able to be moulded; pliant; plastic

3. easily led or influenced; tractable

[from Old French, from Latin ductilis, from dūcere to lead]

ductilely  adv

ductility  [dʌkˈtɪlɪtɪ], ductileness n

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ductile  (dktl)

1. Easily stretched without breaking or lowering in material strength. Gold is relatively ductile at room temperature, and most metals become more ductile with increasing temperature. Compare brittlemalleable

2. Relating to rock or other materials that are capable of withstanding a certain amount of force by changing form before fracturing or breaking.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	ductile - easily influenced malleable manipulable, tractable - easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler
	2.	ductile - 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" tractile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile formed - having or given a form or shape

Translations

ductile [ˈdʌktaɪl] ADJ (Tech) [metal] → dúctil

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ductile

adj

metal → hämmerbar; (= stretchable) → dehnbar, streckbar

(fig liter) person → leicht lenkbar

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ductile [ˈdʌktaɪl] adj (metal) → duttile

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ductile [ˈdʌktaɪl] adj (metal) → duttile

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ductile

adj ductile [ˈdaktail]

(of metals) able to be drawn out into wire etc. buigbaar قابِل للتَّمَدُّد мек kujný, tažný smidig; kan formes biegsam όλκιμος (για μέταλλο) dúctil venitatav چکش خوار venyvä ductile רָקִיע लचीला rastezljiv, savitljiv képlékeny duktil teygjanlegur; auðmótanlegur duttile 引き伸ばせる (금속 등이) 가단성(可鍛性)인 tamprus, elastingas (par metālu) elastīgs; stiepjams mulur rekbaar formbar; smidig ciągliwy dúctil ductil ковкий kujný raztezen rastegljiv tänjbar, utdragbar ซึ่งทำให้เป็นแผ่นบางได้ haddeden çekilip tel haline getirilebilen 易延展的(指金屬) гнучкий; ковкий نرم، دھات جس کا تار کھینچا جا سکے dễ uốn nắn 易拉长的（指金属）