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Webster 1913 Edition
Ductile
1.
Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction;
as, a
. ductile
peopleAddison.
Forms their
To human virtues.
ductile
mindsTo human virtues.
Philips.
2.
Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or threads.
– Duc′tile-ly
(#)
, adv.
Duc′tile-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ductile
DUCTILE
,Adj.
1.
That may be led; easy to be led or drawn; tractable; complying; obsequious; yielding to motives, persuasion or instruction; as the ductile minds of youth; a ductile people.2.
Flexible; pliable.The ductile rind and leaves of radiant gold.
3.
That may be drawn out into wire or threads. Gold is the most ductile of the metals.4.
That may be extended by beating.Definition 2024
ductile
ductile
English
Adjective
ductile (comparative more ductile, superlative most ductile)
- Capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.
- Molded easily into a new form.
- (rare) Led easily; prone to follow.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (capable of being pulled into thin wire): brittle
Coordinate terms
Related terms
Translations
capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire
molded easily into a new form
easily led
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See also
French
Etymology
From Latin
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dyk.til/
Adjective
ductile m, f (plural ductiles)
- ductile (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire).
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
ductile
- nominative neuter singular of ductilis
- accusative neuter singular of ductilis
- vocative neuter singular of ductilis
References
- DUCTILE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)