ductile
Capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.
Other meanings
Molded easily into a new form.
Led easily; prone to follow.
Synonyms
- malleable
Related words
- ductileness
- ductilimeter
- ductilize
- inductile
- nonductile
- semiductile
- ductile fracture
- ductile iron
- ductilely
- ductility
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This definition is adapted from “ductile” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.