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MALLEABILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking
Synonyms:
malleability; plasticity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("malleability" is a kind of...):
physical property (any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "malleability"):
ductileness; ductility (the malleability of something that can be drawn into threads or wires or hammered into thin sheets)
flexibility; flexibleness (the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped)
Antonym:
unmalleability (a lack of malleability)
Derivation:
malleable (capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out)
