Tractile
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈtɹæktaɪl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Tractile is an adjective meaning Capable of being drawn or stretched out in length.
Meaning
Capable of being drawn or stretched out in length.
More Meanings
- Pertaining to traction or pulling.
- (dated) Capable of being guided, influenced, or led.
- (obsolete, rare) Of financial assets: able to be drawn or procured from a place of deposit; liquid.
Example Sentences
[H]e carried a piece [of the iron ore] to a blacksmith forge, and ascertained that it was of a very fine, tractile quality: […]
“Oh, Gas Man, Gas Man, answer me— / My lines are long and tractile— / Which kind of meter would you see, / A spondee or a dactyl?”
Under these conditions starchy components gelatinize, proteins denature and the tractile components are restructured and/or aligned.
The Conſiſtences of Bodies are very diuers: […] Fragile, Tough; Flexible, Inflexible; Tractile, or to be dravvne forth in length, Intractile; […]
Synonyms for tractile
Depending on context, synonyms include ductile, tensile, tractional, tractive, tractable, fictile.
Antonyms for tractile
Common opposites include intractile, irretractile.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ductile, pliant, tensile, pliable, malleable, elastic.
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