ductile
/ˈdʌk.taɪl/US/ˈdʌk.təl/
ductile adjective: capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.
Adjective
ductile (comparative more ductile, superlative most ductile)
- Capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.
- ductile material
- ductile shape
- Molded easily into a new form.
- their organisation was, by hereditary culture, much more ductile and more readily capable of acquiring knowledge than mine.1871, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Coming Race, Chapter VII
- Synonyms:
- flexible
- Led easily; prone to follow.
- Synonyms:
- tractable
ductile meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
ductile in Tamil
- நுண்கம்பியாக்கத்தக்க, நீளத்தக்க, வசையக்கூடிய, நீள், கம்பியாக நீட்டக்கூடிய, நீளும்
ductile in Urdu
- ductile
- کومل kōmal
ductile in Bengali
- নমনীয়, প্রসার্য
ductile in Malayalam
- pliable, flexible, pliant
- വളയുന്ന, വഴങ്ങുന്ന, പൊട്ടാത്ത, വളയ്ക്കത്തക്ക, നമ്യ, വളയ്ക്കാവുന്ന
- docile, submissive, obedient
- വശപ്പെടുത്താവുന്ന, അനുസരണമുള്ള, വണക്കമുള്ള, വരുതിയുള്ള, വരുതിയിൽ നിൽക്കുന്ന, ഇണക്കമുള്ള
More languagesFewer languages
- ductile in Kannada
- ಬಗ್ಗಿಸಬಲ್ಲ, ಎಳೆಯಬಲ್ಲ, ಮೆತುವಾದ, ಬೇಕಾದಂತೆ ಬಗ್ಗಿಸಲಾಗುವ
Examples of ductile in a sentence
- Gold is highly ductile, allowing it to be drawn into very fine wires.
- The ductile nature of copper makes it essential in electrical wiring.
Synonyms of ductile
Antonyms
Forms of ductile
| comparative | more ductile |
|---|---|
| superlative | most ductile |
Origin of ductile
From Old French, from Latin ductilis (“easily led”).
Words formed from ductile
Phrases with ductile
Questions about ductile
- What does ductile mean?
- Ductile means capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.
- What is ductile in Tamil?
- Ductile in Tamil is நுண்கம்பியாக்கத்தக்க, நீளத்தக்க, வசையக்கூடிய. See Ductile meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use ductile in a sentence?
- Gold is highly ductile, allowing it to be drawn into very fine wires.
- What part of speech is ductile?
- Ductile is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce ductile?
- Ductile is pronounced /ˈdʌk.taɪl/ (UK).
Words near ductile in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ductile (page history and authors); ductile (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); کومل (Urdu) (page history and authors); Ductile (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ductile (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ductile (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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