different between ductility vs ductile

English

Etymology

From ductile +? -ity.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?k?t?l?di/
• Hyphenation: duc?til?i?ty
• Rhymes: -?l?ti

Noun

ductility (countable and uncountable, plural ductilities)

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

Translations

English

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin ductilis (“easily led”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?d?k.ta?l/

Adjective

ductile (comparative more ductile, superlative most ductile)

1. Capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.
2. Molded easily into a new form.
3. (rare) Led easily; prone to follow.

Synonyms

• (molded easily): flexible, plastic, pliant; see also Thesaurus:moldable
• (led easily): tractable

Antonyms

• (capable of being pulled into thin wire): brittle

Coordinate terms

• malleable

Related terms

• duct
• ductility

Translations

See also

• elastic

Anagrams

• dulcite

French

Etymology

From Latin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dyk.til/

Adjective

ductile (plural ductiles)

1. ductile (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire).

Further reading

• “ductile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• dulcite

Latin

Adjective

ductile

1. nominative neuter singular of ductilis
2. accusative neuter singular of ductilis
3. vocative neuter singular of ductilis

References

• ductile in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)