ductility.

The ability of a material to undergo tensile deformation, such as being drawn into wire, without breaking.

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Words that belong together

• metal ductility
• high ductility

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High ductility allowed the metal to be drawn into fine wire.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: uncommon.