ductile

(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.

[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.

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adjective

1. 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.
2. Easily altered or influenced: elastic, flexible, flexile, impressionable, malleable, plastic, pliable, pliant, suggestible, supple. See flexible/rigid.

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.

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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Susceptible of being drawn out without breaking.

For a list of words related to ductile, see:

• Submissive, Uncertain, or Tentative

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See words rhyming with "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

Italiano (Italian)
duttile

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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