ductilely

ductilely
duc·tile·ly

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  • Ductilely — Ductile Duc tile, a. [L. ductilis, fr. ducere to lead: cf. F. ductile. See {Duct}.] 1. Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people. Addison. [1913 Webster] Forms their ductile minds To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ductilely — əl]ē, īll], il(l)], ]i adverb : in a ductile manner …   Useful english dictionary

  • ductile — ductilely, adv. ductility, ductileness, n. /duk tl, til/, adj. 1. capable of being hammered out thin, as certain metals; malleable. 2. capable of being drawn out into wire or threads, as gold. 3. able to undergo change of form without breaking. 4 …   Universalium

  • Ductility (Earth science) — In Earth science, the brittle ductile transition zone is a zone, at an approximate depth of 15 km (9 mi) in continental crust, at which rock becomes less likely to fracture and more likely to deform ductilely. In glacial ice this zone… …   Wikipedia

  • Brittleness — and usually makes a snapping sound.When used in materials science, it is generally applied to materials that fail in tension rather than shear, or when there is little or no evidence of plastic deformation before failure.When a material has… …   Wikipedia

  • Mylonite — An amphibolitic mylonite showing a number of (rotated) porphyroclasts: a clear red garnet left in the picture while smaller white feldspar porphyroclasts can be found all over. Location: the tectonic contact between th …   Wikipedia

  • Narryer Gneiss Terrane — Stratigraphic range: > 3.3 Ga Satellite image of Jack Hills in the Narryer Gneiss Terrane Type Geological complex Sub units …   Wikipedia

  • Vein (geology) — A quartz vein, prominent from the surrounding weathered rock In geology, a vein is a distinct sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock. Veins form when mineral constituents carried by an aqueous solution within the rock mass are… …   Wikipedia

  • Brittle-ductile transition zone — [ continental crust and changes in dominant deformation mechanisms and fault rocks in a conceptual vertical fault zone. ] The brittle ductile transition zone is the strongest part of the Earth s crust. For quartz and feldspar rich rocks in… …   Wikipedia

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