Ductility

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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Noun

1.

ductility - the malleability of something that can be drawn into threads or wires or hammered into thin sheets ductileness malleability, plasticity - the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking