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Definition of Malleability
1. Noun. The property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking.
Generic synonyms: Physical Property
Specialized synonyms: Ductileness, Ductility, Flexibility, Flexibleness
Derivative terms: Malleable, Plastic
Antonyms: Unmalleability
Definition of Malleability
1. n. The quality or state of being malleable; -- opposed to friability and brittleness.
Definition of Malleability
1. Noun. The quality or state of being malleable. ¹
2. Noun. 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. ¹
3. Noun. (cryptography) a property of a cryptographic algorithms in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Malleability
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Malleability
Literary usage of Malleability
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Study of Metallurgy by William Chandler Roberts-Austen (1910)
"Malleability.—This is the property of permanently extending in all directions,
without rupture, by pressure produced by slow stress or by impact. ..."
2. Principles of Physics, Or Natural Philosophy: Designed for the Use of by Benjamin Silliman (1871)
"Malleability, or the property of being wrought under the hammer, belongs to many of
... The following is the order of malleability of the principal metals, ..."
3. Elements of Chemistry by Victor Regnault, James Curtis Booth, William L. Faber (1865)
"Malleability and ductility.—When metals are subjected to blows with the hammer,
some flatten out into sheets, and others fly into fragments; the former are ..."
4. A Text-book of Physics by William Watson (1903)
"Malleability and Ductility.-(By malleability is meant the property ... Of all
materials pure gold possesses the property of malleability to the most marked ..."
5. Mechanical Technology: Being a Treatise on the Materials and Preparatory by George Frederick Charnock (1916)
"Malleability is the property which permits of a body being beaten out, or extended in
... The effect of hardness upon malleability is much greater than upon ..."
6. Metallurgy: A Condensed Treatise for the Use of College Students and Any by Henry Wysor (1908)
"Malleability.—Metals which can be permanently extended without fracture are termed
malleable. Degree of malleability is shown by the thinness of the ..."
7. Illustrations of Mechanics by Henry Moseley (1848)
"Malleability. The surface of a body always yields to an impact, however slight.
If a metallic surface thus yield beyond the limits of elasticity, ..."
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