'Ductile' definitions:

Definition of 'ductile'

From: WordNet
adjective
Easily influenced [syn: ductile, malleable]
adjective
Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy" [syn: ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile]

Definition of 'Ductile'

From: GCIDE
  • Ductile \Duc"tile\, a. [L. ductilis, fr. ducere to lead: cf. F. ductile. See Duct.]
  • 1. Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • Forms their ductile minds To human virtues. --Philips. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or threads. [1913 Webster]
  • Gold . . . is the softest and most ductile of all metals. --Dryden. -- {Duc"tile*ly}, adv. -- {Duc"tile*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

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