ductile
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“Iron is just more durable. It’s a more proven material,” said Patrick Hogan, president of the Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association, the industry’s main lobby group.
From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2017
Ductile materials are like soft plastics or putty, they move under force.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
Ductile deformation occurs when enough stress is applied to a material that the changes in its shape are permanent, and the material is no longer able to revert to its original shape.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
Ductile and loving as she was, he might even then have guided her mind, have formed her character, in fact, have made her anything he liked.
From Olive A Novel by Bowers, G.
Ductile, duk′til, adj. easily led: yielding: capable of being drawn out into threads.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Vocabulary lists containing ductile
Lead the Way: Duc and Duct
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Chemistry - Introductory
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Structure and Properties of Matter - Middle School
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