ductile
Etymology
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Etymology
From
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.
- (molded easily) flexible, plastic, pliant; see also Thesaurus:moldable
- (led easily) tractable
- (antonym(s) of “capable of being pulled into thin wire”): brittle
- German: duktil, formbar, verformbar
- Italian: duttile
- Portuguese: dúctil
- Russian: эластичный
- German: fügsam
- Portuguese: dúctil
- Russian: послу́шный
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