Malleability
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Malleability is a noun meaning The quality or state of being malleable.
Meaning
The quality or state of being malleable.
More Meanings
- 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.
- (cryptography) a property of a cryptographic algorithms in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext
Word Forms
- malleabilities
Synonyms for malleability
Depending on context, synonyms include plasticity.
Antonyms for malleability
Common opposites include brittleness, friability, unmalleability.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include plasticity, pliancy, mutability, unmalleability, mutableness, meltability.
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