ductility

English

Bars after tensile testing.
(a) Zero ductility
(b) Medium ductility
(c) Complete ductility

Etymology

From ductile +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /dʌkˈtɪlɪdi/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: duc‧til‧i‧ty
Rhymes: -ɪlɪti

Noun

ductility (countable and uncountable, plural ductilities)

(physics) Ability of a material to be drawn out longitudinally to a reduced section without fracture under the action of a tensile force.

Translations

ability of material

Bulgarian: разтегливост (bg) f (razteglivost)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 延性 (zh) (yánxìng)
Czech: tažnost f
Dutch: taaiheid (nl)
Finnish: venyvyys (fi)
French: ductilité (fr) f
German: Verformbarkeit

Italian: duttilità (it) f
Lithuanian: tąsumas m
Macedonian: ковност f (kovnost)
Russian: ковкость (ru) (kovkostʹ), тягучесть (ru) (tjagučestʹ)
Slovak: kujnosť, pružnosť f
Spanish: ductilidad (es) f
Telugu: తన్యత (te) (tanyata)
Turkish: süneklik (tr)

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