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Webster 1913 Edition


Malleability

Mal′le-a-bil′i-ty

,
Noun.
[CF. F.
malléabilité
.]
The quality or state of being malleable; – opposed to
friability
and
brittleness
.
Locke.

Webster 1828 Edition


Malleability

MALLEABIL'ITY

,
Noun.
[from malleable.] That quality of bodies which renders them susceptible of extension by beating. It is opposed to friability or brittleness.

Definition 2024


malleability

malleability

English

Noun

malleability (countable and uncountable, plural malleabilities)

  1. The quality or state of being malleable.
  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.
  3. (cryptography) a property of a cryptographic algorithms in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext

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  • malleability in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913