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   duc·tile

   /ˈdəktl/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a metal) able to be drawn out into a thin wire.
   • ▪ able to be deformed without losing toughness; pliable, not brittle. Similar pliablepliantflexiblesuppleplastictensiletractilesoftmalleableworkableshapablemoldablebendableinformal:bendyrare:fictileOpposite brittle

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘malleable’): from Latin ductilis, from duct- ‘led’, from the verb ducere.

   Derivatives

   • 1. ductility noun

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