malleability
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:
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Mal·le·a·bil·i·ty
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[CF. F. malléabilité.]
The quality or state of being malleable; -- opposed to friability and brittleness. Locke.
Roget's Thesaurus:
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malleability
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- The quality or state of being flexible: bounce, ductility, elasticity, flexibility, flexibleness, give, malleableness, plasticity, pliability, pliableness, pliancy, pliantness, resilience, resiliency, spring, springiness, suppleness. Obsolete flexure. See flexible/rigid.
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The property of a metal that permits mechanical deformation by extrusion, forging, rolling, etc., without fracturing.
Columbia Encyclopedia:
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malleability
malleability, property of a metal describing the ease with which it can be hammered, forged, pressed, or rolled into thin sheets. Metals vary in this respect; pure gold is the most malleable. Silver, copper, aluminum, lead, tin, zinc, and iron are also very malleable. Some heating usually increases malleability. Zinc, for example, at ordinary temperatures is very brittle, but is malleable in the temperature range from about 120°C. to 150°C. Impurities adversely affect the malleability of metals.
Mosby's Dental Dictionary:
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malleability
(mal'ē əbil'itē)
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The ability of a material to withstand permanent deformation under compressive forces without rupture.
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