| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | duc·tile |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d k t l, -t l |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Easily drawn into wire or hammered thin: ductile metals. 2. Easily molded or shaped. See synonyms at malleable. 3. Capable of being readily persuaded or influenced; tractable. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English ductil, from Old French, from Latin ductilis, from ductus, past participle of d cere, to lead. See deuk- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | duc·tili·ty (-t l-t ) , ducti·li·bili·ty (-l-bl-t) —NOUN
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