malleability

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US /ˌmæliːəˈbɪləti/
noun Freq #188938

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the property of being physically malleable

  2. 2
    noun

    The quality or state of being malleable.

  3. 3
    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.

  4. 4
    noun

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

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · the property of being... plasticity
Opposites
brittlenessfriability
Word family
Derived forms unmalleability

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