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Meaning of TRACTILE

Pronunciation:  'traktil

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy"
 
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 Synonyms: ductile, elastic, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tract"ile\, a. [L. trahere, tractum, to draw.]
Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile. --Bacon.
 

 

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