DUCTILITY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

ductileness; ductility

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("ductility" is a kind of...):

malleability; plasticity (the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking)

Derivation:

ductile (capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out)

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