Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tractile"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tractile \Tract"ile\, a. [L. trahere, tractum, to draw.]
Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile. --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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