Definition of Ductile

1. Adjective. Easily influenced.

Exact synonyms: Malleable
Similar to: Manipulable, Tractable

2. Adjective. Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out. "Made of highly tensile steel alloy"
Exact synonyms: Malleable, Pliable, Pliant, Tensile, Tractile
Similar to: Formed
Derivative terms: Ductility, Malleability, Pliability, Pliancy, Pliantness

Definition of Ductile

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

Definition of Ductile

1. Adjective. Capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking. ¹

2. Adjective. Molded easily into a new form. ¹

3. Adjective. (rare) Led easily; prone to follow. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ductile

1. easily molded or shaped [adj]

Medical Definition of Ductile

1. Denoting the property of a material that allows it to be bent, drawn out (as a wire), or otherwise deformed without breaking. Origin: L. Ductilis, capable of being led or drawn (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ductile

duct gland
duct of epididymis
duct of sweat glands
duct papilloma
duct tape
ductal
ductal aneurysm
ductal carcinoma
ductal carcinoma in situ
ductal hyperplasia
ductal papilloma
ducted
ducted fan
ductible
ductile (current term)
ductile iron
ductilely
ductilimeter
ductilimeters
ductilities
ductility
ductin
ducting
ductings
duction
ductions
ductless
ductless gland
ductless glands

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