Tractile \Tract"ile\, a. [L. trahere, tractum, to draw.]
Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tractile
adj : capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile
copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked
the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass";
"made of highly tensile steel alloy" [syn: ductile, malleable,
pliable, pliant, tensile]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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