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ductility

Syllables: duc·til·i·ty/dʌkˈtɪlɪdi/

ductility noun: ability of a material to be drawn out longitudinally to a reduced section without fracture under the action of a tensile force.

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Noun

ductility (countable and uncountable, plural ductilities)

  1. (materials science) Ability of a material to be drawn out longitudinally to a reduced section without fracture under the action of a tensile force.

ductility meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada

ductility in Tamil

நுண்கம்பியாக்கப்படுதன்மை, நீண்மை, நீட்டுமை, நீளுமை, நீளும் தன்மை, நுண்கம்பியாகுதன்மை

ductility in Telugu

ability of material
తన్యత tanyata

ductility in Malayalam

ability of material
തന്യത tanyata

ductility in Kannada

ಮೃದುತ್ವ, ನಮ್ಯತೆ, ತನ್ಯತೆ

Forms of ductility

pluralductilities

Origin of ductility

From ductile + -ity.

Words that rhyme with ductility

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Questions about ductility

What does ductility mean?
Ductility means ability of a material to be drawn out longitudinally to a reduced section without fracture under the action of a tensile force.
What is ductility in Tamil?
Ductility in Tamil is நுண்கம்பியாக்கப்படுதன்மை, நீண்மை, நீட்டுமை. See Ductility meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ductility?
Ductility is a noun.
How do you pronounce ductility?
Ductility is pronounced /dʌkˈtɪlɪdi/ (US).
What is the plural of ductility?
The plural of ductility is ductilities.

Words near ductility in the dictionary

  1. ductileness
  2. ductilibility
  3. ductilimeter
  4. ductilimeters
  5. ductilities
  6. ductility
  7. ductilize
  8. ductilized
  9. ductilizes
  10. ductilizing
  11. ductin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ductility (page history and authors); ductility (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ductility (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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