ductile

Speech parts

1. ductile - Adjective

2. ductile - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people.

Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or threads.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pliant plastic flexible tensile malleable pliable tractable tractile meek fluid soft willing mild passive cooperative
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Antonyms

hard absolute competitive arbitrary telling contrary
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Related terms

duct ductility

Phrases with the word

ductile metal ductile cast iron

Anagrams

dulcite

Examples

ductile copper Source: Internet

malleable metals such as gold Source: Internet

they soaked the leather to made it pliable Source: Internet

pliant molten glass Source: Internet

made of highly tensile steel alloy Source: Internet

As the tension steel yields and stretches, an "under-reinforced" concrete also yields in a ductile manner, exhibiting a large deformation and warning before its ultimate failure. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

ductia ductible ductiform ductile cast iron ductile fracture ductile iron