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Definitions for ductile
ˈdʌk tl, -tɪlduc·tile

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ductile, malleableadjective

    easily influenced

  2. ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractileadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. ductileadjective

    Capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.

  2. ductileadjective

    Molded easily into a new form.

  3. ductileadjective

    Led easily; prone to follow.

  4. Etymology: From ductilis.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. DUCTILEadjective

    Etymology: ductilis, Latin.

    Thick woods and gloomy night
    Conceal the happy plant from human light:
    One bough it bears; but, wond’rous to behold,
    The ductile rind and leaves of radiant gold. John Dryden, Æn.

    All bodies, ductile and tensile, as metals, that will be drawn into wires; wool and tow, that will be drawn into yarn or thread, have in them the appetite of not discontinuing strong. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

    Gold, as it is the purest, so it is the softest and most ductile of all metals. John Dryden, Fables, Dedicat.

    He generous thoughts instills
    Of true nobility; forms their ductile minds
    To human virtues. Phillips.

    Their designing leaders cannot desire a more ductile and easy people to work upon. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 7.

Wikipedia

  1. ductile

    Ductility is a mechanical property commonly described as a material's amenability to drawing (e.g. into wire). In materials science, ductility is defined by the degree to which a material can sustain plastic deformation under tensile stress before failure. Ductility is an important consideration in engineering and manufacturing. It defines a material's suitability for certain manufacturing operations (such as cold working) and its capacity to absorb mechanical overload. Some metals that are generally described as ductile include gold and copper, while platinum is the most ductile of all metals in pure form. However, not all metals experience ductile failure as some can be characterized with brittle failure like cast iron. Polymers generally can be viewed as ductile materials as they typically allow for plastic deformation.Malleability, a similar mechanical property, is characterized by a material's ability to deform plastically without failure under compressive stress. Historically, materials were considered malleable if they were amenable to forming by hammering or rolling. Lead is an example of a material which is relatively malleable but not ductile.

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  1. ductile

    Ductile refers to a physical property of a material to undergo significant plastic deformation before rupture or breaking. In simpler terms, a ductile material is one that is capable of being shaped, stretched, or drawn out into a thin wire without breaking. Some examples of ductile materials include gold, silver, copper, and iron.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ductileadjective

    easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people

  2. Ductileadjective

    capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or threads

  3. Etymology: [L. ductilis, fr. ducere to lead: cf. F. ductile. See Duct.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Ductile

    duk′til, adj. easily led: yielding: capable of being drawn out into threads.—ns. Ductilim′eter, an instrument for measuring the ductility of metals; Ductil′ity, capacity of being drawn out without breaking. [Fr.,—L. ductilisducĕre, to lead.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ductile in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ductile in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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