inductileadj.
/ɪnˈdʌktɪl//ɪnˈdʌktʌɪl/ Not ductile; not pliable; unyielding to influences.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [adjective] > implastic > not ductile
intractile1626
inductile1736
1736 Ld. Hervey Mem. Reign Geo. II (1848) I. 57 The stuff she had to work with was so stubborn and so inductile.
1827 J. Fearn in E. H. Barker Parriana (1828) I. 568 The human mind becomes extremely inductile to the pressure of any new evidence.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Inductile, not capable of being drawn into threads, as a metal.
1855 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. ii. xi. 210 Of bodies that resist in different modes..we have..the Ductile and Inductile.
1891 F. W. Robinson Her Love & his Life I. iii. ix. 278 A man of honour,..but inductile, unimaginative, hard.
Derivatives
inducˈtility n. the quality of being inductile (so French inductilité).
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1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
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