ductile
31ductile — ductilely, adv. ductility, ductileness, n. /duk tl, til/, adj. 1. capable of being hammered out thin, as certain metals; malleable. 2. capable of being drawn out into wire or threads, as gold. 3. able to undergo change of form without breaking. 4 …
32ductile — adjective /ˈdʌk.taɪl/ a) Capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking. b) Molded easily into a new form. Syn: flexible, plastic, pliant, tractable …
33ductile — Synonyms and related words: adaptable, bendable, bending, biddable, compliant, convenient, docile, elastic, extensible, extensile, fabricable, facile, feasible, fictile, flexible, flexile, flexuous, fluid, foolproof, formable, formative, giving,… …
34ductile — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. tractile, malleable; yielding, pliant; compliant, docile, obedient. See softness, obedience, elasticity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. plastic, pliable, malleable, tensile; see flexible 1 , pliable 1 …
35ductile — duc·tile || dÊŒktaɪl adj. malleable, flexible, pliant …
36ductile — [ dʌktʌɪl] adjective 1》 (of a metal) able to be drawn out into a thin wire. 2》 able to be deformed without losing toughness. Derivatives ductility noun Origin ME: from L. ductilis, from duct , ducere to lead …
37ductile — a. 1. Tractable, compliant, docile, yielding, facile. 2. Pliant, flexible, easily bent. 3. Extensible, capable of being drawn out …
38ductile — adj 1. malleable, moldable, shapeable, formable, flexible, bendable, pliant, pliable, plastic, soft; elastic, stretchable, tensible, tensile, extensible, Chiefly Zool., Anat. extensile; (of people and animals) lissome, limber, supple, lithe,… …
39ductile — duc·tile …
40ductile — duc•tile [[t]ˈdʌk tl, tɪl[/t]] adj. 1) phs capable of being hammered out thin, as certain metals; malleable 2) phs capable of being drawn out into wire or threads, as gold 3) able to undergo change of form without breaking 4) phs capable of being …
