yán​xìng

ductility

  • created sense approved 延性 · yán​xìng · ductility — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    延性

    yán​xìng

    ductility

    The property of a material (especially metal) to be drawn out or stretched into thin wires without breaking; the degree to which a material undergoes permanent deformation before fracturing.

    延 (literal) → 延 · yán · to extend 性 (bound) → 性 · xìng · [-ity]

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense