ductilityn.

/dʌkˈtɪlɪti/

Etymology: < ductile adj. + -ity suffix, after Latin type *ductilitās: compare French ductilité (1701 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).

The quality of being ductile.

a. Capability of being extended by beating, drawn out into wire, worked upon, or bent; malleability, pliableness, flexibility.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [noun] > ductility

sequacity1626

ductilenessa1631

ductility1654

sequaciousnessa1676

tractility1713

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 44 This Ductility of Spirit commendeth Men, as well as that other doth Mettals.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1683 (1955) IV. 340 I stepped in to a Gold-beaters work-house, who shewed me the wonderfull ductilitie of that spreading & oylie Metall.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 435 Argillaceous earth is distinguishable from..a certain viscidity and ductility, which proceed from its power of retaining water.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 364 The ductility of platina is such, that it has been drawn into wire of less than the two-thousandth part of an inch in diameter.

1881 J. Lubbock in Nature No. 618. 407 Supposing that glacier ice enjoys a kind of ductility.

b. transferred and figurative.

ΚΠ

1654 [see sense 1a].

1734 tr. C. Rollin Rom. Hist. III. ix. i. 164 Never was there ductility of genius equal to his.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 202 Greater ductility and energy of language.

2. Capability of being easily led or influenced; tractableness, docility.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [noun] > tractability

treatableness1526

tractability1531

conformablenessa1533

tractableness1561

docility1603

ductility1654

amenableness1761

amenability1774

ductibility1795

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 220 Calling Obstinacy, Solidity; and humble Ductility after further Reason, and Discovery, Sceptick Inconstancy.

1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 46 As I led her on, I felt a pleasurable ductility about her.

1880 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea (ed. 4) VI. ix. 247 A spirit of servile ductility.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	ductility
释义	ductilityn. /dʌkˈtɪlɪti/ Etymology: < ductile adj. + -ity suffix, after Latin type ductilitās: compare French ductilité* (1701 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter). The quality of being ductile. 1. a. Capability of being extended by beating, drawn out into wire, worked upon, or bent; malleability, pliableness, flexibility. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [noun] > ductility sequacity1626 ductilenessa1631 ductility1654 sequaciousnessa1676 tractility1713 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 44 This Ductility of Spirit commendeth Men, as well as that other doth Mettals. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1683 (1955) IV. 340 I stepped in to a Gold-beaters work-house, who shewed me the wonderfull ductilitie of that spreading & oylie Metall. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 435 Argillaceous earth is distinguishable from..a certain viscidity and ductility, which proceed from its power of retaining water. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 364 The ductility of platina is such, that it has been drawn into wire of less than the two-thousandth part of an inch in diameter. 1881 J. Lubbock in Nature No. 618. 407 Supposing that glacier ice enjoys a kind of ductility. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1654 [see sense 1a]. 1734 tr. C. Rollin Rom. Hist. III. ix. i. 164 Never was there ductility of genius equal to his. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 202 Greater ductility and energy of language. 2. Capability of being easily led or influenced; tractableness, docility. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [noun] > tractability treatableness1526 tractability1531 conformablenessa1533 tractableness1561 docility1603 ductility1654 amenableness1761 amenability1774 ductibility1795 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 220 Calling Obstinacy, Solidity; and humble Ductility after further Reason, and Discovery, Sceptick Inconstancy. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 46 As I led her on, I felt a pleasurable ductility about her. 1880 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea (ed. 4) VI. ix. 247 A spirit of servile ductility. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1654
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