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What is the difference between ductility and ductile?

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Ductility is a related term of ductile.


As a noun ductility

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

As a adjective ductile is

capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.

ductility

English

Noun

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

    • See also

    * — Wikipedia

    ductile

    English

    Adjective

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

    • Synonyms

    * (molded easily) flexible, plastic, pliant; see also * (led easily) tractable

    Antonyms

    * (capable of being pulled into thin wire) brittle

    Coordinate terms

    * malleable

    Related terms

    * duct * ductility

    See also

    * elastic ----