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How to pronounce ductile in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms malleable
Type Words
Synonyms malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile
Derivation ductility


ductile copper.

Examples of ductile

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Steel with a higher level of manganese is more ductile and less likely to break.
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It is a ductile silvery metal that is special because it is corrosion resistant.
From the guardian.co.uk
The nanopillars were not only stronger than bulk material, they were ductile too.
From the newscientist.com
Materials are limited to ductile materials because the threads are cold formed.
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Typically they are malleable and ductile, deforming under stress without cleaving.
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Pure thorium is soft, very ductile, and can be cold-rolled, swaged, and drawn.
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Strain can take the form of brittle faulting and ductile folding and shearing.
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This opening is at our ductile iron foundry which is located in Sultan, Washington.
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They include unreinforced masonry, an asymmetric shear wall and non-ductile columns.
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More examples
  • Easily influenced
  • Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy"
  • (ductility) the malleability of something that can be drawn into threads or wires or hammered into thin sheets
  • Ductility is a mechanical property that describes the extent in which solid materials can be plastically deformed without fracture.
  • Capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking; Molded easily into a new form; Led easily; prone to follow
  • (ductility) Ability of a material to be drawn out longitudinally to a reduced section without fracture under the action of a tensile force
  • (Ductility) The ability of a material to deform plastically without fracturing, being measured by elongation or reduction of area in a tensile test, by height of cupping in an Erichsen test, or by other means
  • (Ductility) The ability of a fastener, screw, bolt to deform before breaking. Similar to elongation.
  • (Ductility) An ability to change shape drastically without breaking. The capacity of a metal to be hammered into a thin sheet or drawn into a fine wire.