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malleability
mal·le·a·ble M0062700 (măl′ē-ə-bəl)adj.1. Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure: a malleable metal.2. Easily controlled or influenced: "The British [rulers] ... had favoured the brother who struck them as altogether more amiable, a more malleable, more temperate man" (Paul Scott).3. a. Able to adjust to changing circumstances; adaptable: a malleable leader unafraid to compromise.b. Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs: the malleable rhythms of jazz.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin malleābilis, from malleāre, to hammer, from Latin malleus, hammer; see melə- in Indo-European roots.]
mal′le·a·bil′i·ty, mal′le·a·ble·ness n.mal′le·a·bly adv.Synonyms: malleable, ductile, plastic, pliable, pliant
These adjectives mean capable of being shaped, bent, or drawn out: malleable metals such as gold and silver; ductile copper; a plastic substance such as wax; soaked the leather to make it pliable; pliant molten glass.malleabilitythe property of a substance that makes it capable of being extended or shaped by hammering or by pressure from rollers. — malleable, adj.See also: Materials, Properties ofThesaurus| Noun | 1. |  malleability - the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breakingplasticityphysical property - any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactionsductileness, ductility - the malleability of something that can be drawn into threads or wires or hammered into thin sheetsflexibility, flexibleness - the property of being flexible; easily bent or shapedunmalleability - a lack of malleability |
malleabilitynounThe quality or state of being flexible:bounce, ductility, elasticity, flexibility, flexibleness, give, malleableness, plasticity, pliability, pliableness, pliancy, pliantness, resilience, resiliency, spring, springiness, suppleness.Obsolete: flexure.Translationsmalleability
malleability, property of a metal describing the ease with which it can be hammered, forged, pressed, or rolled into thin sheets. Metals vary in this respect; pure gold is the most malleable. Silver, copper, aluminum, lead, tin, zinc, and iron are also very malleable. Some heating usually increases malleability. Zinc, for example, at ordinary temperatures is very brittle, but is malleable in the temperature range from about 120°C;. to 150°C;. Impurities adversely affect the malleability of metals.Malleability the capacity of metals and alloys of undergoing forging and other types of pressure shaping (rolling, drawing, pressing, or stamping). Malleability is a property of most pure metals and of steel, brass, and Duralumin, as well as some other copper, aluminum, magnesium, and nickel alloys. It is characterized by plasticity—that is, the ability of the metal to undergo deformation under pressure without destruction—and by its resistance to deformation. Malleable metals combine relatively high plasticity with low resistance to deformation. malleabilityThe property of a metal that permits mechanical deformation by extrusion, forging, rolling, etc., without fracturing.MedicalSeemalleablemalleability
Synonyms for malleabilitynoun the quality or state of being flexibleSynonyms- bounce
- ductility
- elasticity
- flexibility
- flexibleness
- give
- malleableness
- plasticity
- pliability
- pliableness
- pliancy
- pliantness
- resilience
- resiliency
- spring
- springiness
- suppleness
- flexure
Synonyms for malleabilitynoun the property of being physically malleableSynonymsRelated Words- physical property
- ductileness
- ductility
- flexibility
- flexibleness
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