Ductility

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ductility \Duc*til"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. ductilit['e].]
     1. The property of a metal which allows it to be drawn into
        wires or filaments.
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     2. Tractableness; pliableness. --South.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ductility
       n : the malleability of something that can be drawing into wires
           or hammered into thin sheets