ductile
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French, from Latin ductilis (“easily led”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdʌk.taɪl/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈdʌk.təl/, /ˈdʌk.taɪl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌktaɪl
Adjective
[edit]ductile (comparative more ductile, superlative most ductile)
- Capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.
- ductile material
- ductile shape
- ductile alloy
- ductile state
- Molded easily into a new form.
- (rare) Led easily; prone to follow.
Synonyms
[edit]- (molded easily): flexible, plastic, pliant; see also Thesaurus:moldable
- (led easily): tractable
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “capable of being pulled into thin wire”): brittle
Coordinate terms
[edit]Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire
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molded easily into a new form
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easily led
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See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ductile (plural ductiles)
- ductile (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire)
Further reading
[edit]- “ductile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ductile
References
[edit]- ductile in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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