Meanings
nounmalleability (countable and uncountable, plural malleabilities)
plural malleabilities
- countableuncountableThe quality or state of being malleable.
- countableuncountableThe 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.
- countableuncountablecomputingA property of a cryptographic algorithms in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext.
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
nounthe property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking
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Translations
Bulgarian ковкост
- ковкост (kovkost)the quality or state of being malleable
Czech kujnost
- kujnostthe quality or state of being malleable
Dutch smeedbaarheid, buigzaamheid
- smeedbaarheidthe quality or state of being malleable
- buigzaamheidthe quality or state of being malleable
- wendbaarheidthe quality or state of being malleable
Finnish taottavuus
- taottavuusthe quality or state of being malleable
German Schmiedbarkeit, Biegsamkeit
- Schmiedbarkeitthe quality or state of being malleable
- Biegsamkeitthe quality or state of being malleable
- Geschmeidigkeitthe quality or state of being malleable
Malay kebolehtempaan
- kebolehtempaanthe quality or state of being malleable
Persian انعطاف پذیری
- انعطاف پذیری (en'etâf paziri)the quality or state of being malleable
Romanian maleabilitate
- maleabilitatethe quality or state of being malleable
Slovak tvárnosť
- tvárnosťthe quality or state of being malleable
Spanish maleabilidad
- maleabilidadthe quality or state of being malleable
Tagalog pagkapukpukin
- pagkapukpukinthe quality or state of being malleable
Cite this entry
APA
malleability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malleability
MLA
“malleability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malleability. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “malleability,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malleability.
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