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Recent Examples of ductility
The company has also claimed that its Bedrock Chassis incorporates an ultra-safe battery cell design, NP technology, and a high-ductility energy-absorbing insulation film, leading the industry in a groundbreaking manner.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2024
Their research showed that the propellant’s ductility under pressure could deteriorate significantly in as few as 27 years.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 8 Dec. 2024
Quantum annealing: This term is borrowed from annealing, a process that uses heat to alter the physical or chemical properties of a metal, glass, or plastic film to increase ductility and reduce hardness.
—Ars Technica, 30 Oct. 2024
The first, adopted in the 1990s and still widely employed, had a good combination of strength and ductility.
—John Johnson Jr., Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
Some phases are harder, while others confer ductility, a measure of how much the metal can be bent and twisted out of shape without shearing and creating jagged edges that penetrate and tear squishy human bodies.
—John Johnson Jr., Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2024
Their research showed that the propellant’s ductility under pressure could deteriorate significantly in as few as 27 years.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 8 Dec. 2024
Quantum annealing: This term is borrowed from annealing, a process that uses heat to alter the physical or chemical properties of a metal, glass, or plastic film to increase ductility and reduce hardness.
—Ars Technica, 30 Oct. 2024
The first, adopted in the 1990s and still widely employed, had a good combination of strength and ductility.
—John Johnson Jr., Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
Some phases are harder, while others confer ductility, a measure of how much the metal can be bent and twisted out of shape without shearing and creating jagged edges that penetrate and tear squishy human bodies.
—John Johnson Jr., Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ductility
Noun
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The leave-in Hair Dew brings pliancy to hair, and a good pick for thirsty strands is the What the Hemp deep moisture mask, which deeply moisturizes but feels light as air.—
Paris Wilson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Feb. 2023
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The leave-in Hair Dew brings pliancy to hair, and a good pick for thirsty strands is the What the Hemp deep moisture mask, which deeply moisturizes but feels light as air.—
Paris Wilson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Feb. 2023
Noun
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May Promote Healthy Skin Beef liver contributes to skin health through its supply of vitamin A. Vitamin A promotes the elasticity of the skin and stimulates the regeneration of collagen fibers and cellular repair.—
Allison Herries,
Verywell Health,
16 Apr. 2025
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His language was beautifully elastic; what fascinated me just as much was the elasticity, over decades of profound change, of his politics.—
Ilan Stavans,
The Atlantic,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Ductility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ductility. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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