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malleability

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The quality or state of being malleable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The property by virtue of which a material can be extended in all directions without rupture by the application of load; a material's ability to be bent, formed, or shaped without cracking or breaking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

a property of a cryptographic algorithms in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, cryptography, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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4

noun

Meaning 4

the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: plasticity

Antonyms: unmalleability

Broader terms: physical property

Narrower terms: ductility, ductileness, flexibility, flexibleness

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: ковкост (kovkost) — the quality or state of being malleable
  • Czech: kujnost — the quality or state of being malleable
  • Dutch: smeedbaarheid — the quality or state of being malleable
  • Dutch: buigzaamheid — the quality or state of being malleable
  • Dutch: wendbaarheid — the quality or state of being malleable
  • Finnish: taottavuus — the quality or state of being malleable
  • German: Schmiedbarkeit — the quality or state of being malleable
  • German: Biegsamkeit — the quality or state of being malleable
  • German: Geschmeidigkeit — the quality or state of being malleable
  • Macedonian: ковност (kovnost) — the quality or state of being malleable
  • Malay: kebolehtempaan — the quality or state of being malleable
  • Malayalam: സ്തരത (starata) — the quality or state of being malleable
  • Manx: so-lhoobaght — the quality or state of being malleable
  • Persian: انعطاف پذیری (en'etâf paziri) — the quality or state of being malleable
  • Romanian: maleabilitate — the quality or state of being malleable
  • Slovak: tvárnosť — the quality or state of being malleable
  • Spanish: maleabilidad — the quality or state of being malleable
  • Tagalog: pagkapukpukin — the quality or state of being malleable