Malleability
[,mælɪə'bɪləti]
Definition
(noun.) the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking.
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Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being malleable; -- opposed to friability and brittleness.
Editor: Margaret
Examples
- Its ductility and malleability are very remarkable. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This smelting was then followed by hammering to further separate the slag, and probably after a reheating to increase the malleability. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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