ductility
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duc·tile
(dŭk′təl, -tīl′)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: a ductile young mind.
[Middle English ductil, from Old French, from Latin ductilis, from ductus, past participle of dūcere, to lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.]
duc·til′i·ty (-tĭl′ĭ-tē), duc′ti·li·bil′i·ty (-lə-bĭl′ĭ-tē) 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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ductility
nounThe quality or state of being flexible:
bounce, elasticity, flexibility, flexibleness, give, malleability, malleableness, plasticity, pliability, pliableness, pliancy, pliantness, resilience, resiliency, spring, springiness, suppleness.
Obsolete: flexure.
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Duktilität