Tractile

2 definitions found

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

  Tractile \Tract"ile\, a. [L. trahere, tractum, to draw.]
     Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile. --Bacon.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  tractile
       adj : 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" [syn: {ductile}, {malleable},
              {pliable}, {pliant}, {tensile}]