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ductility

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /dʌkˈtɪlɪdi/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪlɪti
  • CMU ARPABET: D AH0 K T IH1 L AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: materials science

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the malleability of something that can be drawn into threads or wires or hammered into thin sheets

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ductileness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: malleability, plasticity

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English ductile Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English ductility From ductile + -ity.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: разтегливост (razteglivost) — ability of material
  • Chinese Mandarin: 延性 (yánxìng) — ability of material
  • Czech: tažnost — ability of material
  • Dutch: taaiheid — ability of material
  • Finnish: venyvyys — ability of material
  • French: ductilité — ability of material
  • German: Verformbarkeit — ability of material
  • Italian: duttilità — ability of material
  • Lithuanian: tąsumas — ability of material
  • Macedonian: ковност (kovnost) — ability of material
  • Malayalam: തന്യത (tanyata) — ability of material
  • Norwegian Bokmål: duktilitet — ability of material
  • Norwegian Bokmål: formbarhet — ability of material
  • Polish: ciągliwość — ability of material
  • Russian: ковкость (kovkostʹ) — ability of material
  • Russian: тягучесть (tjagučestʹ) — ability of material
  • Slovak: kujnosť — ability of material
  • Slovak: pružnosť — ability of material
  • Spanish: ductilidad — ability of material
  • Telugu: తన్యత (tanyata) — ability of material
  • Turkish: süneklik — ability of material