ductile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.
Molded easily into a new form.
Led easily; prone to follow.

/ˈdʌk.taɪl/ /ˈdʌk.təl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ductile.wav

ductile more ductile most ductile

From Old French, from Latin ductilis (“easily led”).

plastic pliant flexible tractable

brittle

duct ductility elastic

ductile fracture ductile iron ductilely ductileness ductilimeter ductility ductilize inductile nonductile semiductile

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