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- Dictionaryductile/ˈdʌktʌɪl/
adjective
- 1. (of a metal) able to be drawn out into a thin wire.
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physics, engineering specialized uk / ˈdʌk.taɪl / us / ˈdʌk.tɪl / Add to word list. A ductile metal can be bent or stretched easily. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Flexible, loose and yielding. adrift. bendable. bendy. ductility. elastic. jointed. lax. limply. limpness. loose-fitting. ragdoll. relax. rubbery. semi-flexible. slacken.
The meaning of DUCTILE is capable of being drawn out into wire or thread. How to use ductile in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Ductile.
Easily stretched without breaking or lowering in material strength. Gold is relatively ductile at room temperature, and most metals become more ductile with increasing temperature.
1. (of a metal, such as gold or copper) able to be drawn out into wire. 2. able to be moulded; pliant; plastic. 3. easily led or influenced; tractable. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. ductilely (ˈductilely) adverb. ductility (dʌkˈtɪlɪtɪ) or ductileness (ˈductileness) noun. Word origin.
adjective. physics, engineering specialized us / ˈdʌk.tɪl / uk / ˈdʌk.taɪl / Add to word list. A ductile metal can be bent or stretched easily. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Flexible, loose and yielding. adrift. bendable. bendy. ductility. elastic. jointed. lax. limply. limpness. loose-fitting. ragdoll. relax. rubbery. semi-flexible.
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: a ductile young mind.
If you can bend or shape a substance, especially if it's made of metal, it is ductile. If they can stretch a metal into a thin wire, scientists consider it to be ductile.
