ductile
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The Saririaky massif lies within what geologists call a ductile shear zone.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
He said Dow is looking to “move to more ductile, durable products that even when subjected to extreme stressors, if it does break up, it doesn’t break up into small particles.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
"Due to copper’s highly conductive and ductile nature, it is an ideal candidate for transformation and transmission of electrical energy in EVs," the bank said in a note dated Wednesday.
From Reuters ● Jul. 6, 2023
As Senta, the woman who returns the apparitional captain’s obsessive attention, Elza van den Heever sang with a ductile soprano.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2023
These differ, because the caldarium is only melted, and is brittle to the hammer; whereas the regulare is malleable or ductile.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
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