ductility

Example / Category
[e.g. wire]

English focus texts

Please note
n (14c)
Hyphenation
duc•til•i•ty
Definition from Glossary
the ability of a material to withstand permanent deformation under a tensile load without rupture; ability of a material to be plastically strained in tension. A material is brittle if it does not have appreciable plastic deformation in tension before rupture
Pronunciation
dŭk-ti˘l′i˘-tē