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malleability|ˌmælɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ|
[f. malleable + -ity.]
The property of being malleable.
1690Locke Hum. Und. iii. vi. §6. 210 Supposing the nominal Essence of Gold, to be a Body of such a peculiar Colour and Weight, with Malleability and Fusibility. 1762tr. Busching's Syst. Geog. I. 45 The Noble metals are bodies of the greatest Malleability. 1830Herschel Stud. Nat. Phil. 238 Malleability is again another quality of solids, especially metals, quite distinct from toughness. 1890Sir F. A. Abel Pres. Addr. Brit. Assoc. in Nature 4 Sept., The existence in steel of proportions [of manganese] ranging from 0·1 up to about 2·75 per cent. improves its strength and malleability.
b. fig. Capacity for being fashioned or adapted.
1877Burroughs Taxation 402 Malleability..is one of the..characteristics of the common law. 1880Ouida Moths I. viii. 190 You are old-fashioned, pedantic, unpleasant,..you have no malleability. |