ductile
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duc·tile
(dŭk'təl, -tīl') 
adj.
adj.
- Easily drawn into wire or hammered thin: ductile metals.
- Easily molded or shaped. See synonyms at malleable.
- Capable of being readily persuaded or influenced; tractable.
[Middle English ductil, from Old French, from Latin ductilis, from ductus, past participle of dūcere, to lead.]
ductility duc·til'i·ty (-tĭl'ĭ-tē) or duc'ti·li·bil'i·ty (-lə-bĭl'ĭ-tē) n.Roget's Thesaurus:
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ductile
adjective
- Capable of being shaped, bent, or drawn out, as by hammering or pressure: flexible, flexile, flexuous, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliable, pliant, supple, workable. See flexible/rigid.
- Easily altered or influenced: elastic, flexible, flexile, impressionable, malleable, plastic, pliable, pliant, suggestible, supple. See flexible/rigid.
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ductile
adj
Definition: pliant, flexible
Antonyms: hard, inflexible, intractable, stiff, unyielding
Capable of being stretched or deformed without fracturing.
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Able to be drawn into a wire; a characteristic of some of the metals.
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ductile
IN BRIEF: Capable of being hammered thin or made into a wire.
A ductile metal is the type that can be drawn out into a thin wire.
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Ductile
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - strækbar, sej, smidig, føjelig, godtroende
Nederlands (Dutch)
kneedbaar, beïnvloedbaar
Français (French)
adj. - ductile (un métal), malléable (une personne)
Deutsch (German)
adj. - dehnbar
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ελατός, όλκιμος, εύπλαστος, μαλακός, εύχρηστος
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - dúctil
Русский (Russian)
ковкий, податливый
Español (Spanish)
adj. - dúctil
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - tänjbar, smidig
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
易延展的, 易教导的, 柔软的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 易延展的, 易教導的, 柔軟的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 가단성인, 순한, 모양을 바꿀 수 있는
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 引き伸ばしやすい, 素直な
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) قابل للسحب والطرق
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - גמיש, רקיע
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