ductile
adjective/ˈdʌktaɪl/
/ˈdʌktaɪl/
(specialist)- (of a metal) that can be made into a thin wireTopics Physics and chemistryc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryDuctile is used with these nouns:
- metal
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘malleable’): from Latin ductilis, from duct- ‘led’, from the verb ducere.Definitions on the go
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