tractile Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
    ductile; pliable; malleable; tensile; pliant.
    • ductile copper
    • malleable metals such as gold
    • they soaked the leather to made it pliable
    • pliant molten glass
    • made of highly tensile steel alloy

WordNet


Tract"ile adjective
Etymology
L. trahere, tractum, to draw.
Definitions
  1. Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile. Bacon.

Webster 1913