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Meaning of DUCTILITY

Pronunciation:  dukt'ilutee

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 Definition: [n]  the malleability of something that can be drawing into wires or hammered into thin sheets
 
 See Also: malleability, plasticity

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.

2. Tractableness; pliableness. --South.
 

 

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