1. Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people. Addison. Forms their ductile minds To human virtues. Philips.
2. Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or threads.
Gold . . . is the softest and most ductile of all metals. Dryden.
— Duc"tile*ly, adv.
— Duc"tile*ness, n.
DUCTILIMETER
Duc`ti*lim"e*ter, n. Etym: [Ductile + -meter.]
Defn: An instrument for accurately determining the ductility of metals.
DUCTILITY
Duc*til"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. ductilité.]
1. The property of a metal which allows it to be drawn into wires or filaments.
2. Tractableness; pliableness. South.
DUCTION
Duc"tion, n. Etym: [L. ductio, fr. ducere to lead.]
Defn: Guidance. [Obs.] Feltham.
DUCTLESS
Duct"less, a.