Malleability vs Malleate - What's the difference?
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The quality or state of being malleable.
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
(zoology) Possessing or resembling a malleus, or another structure shaped like a hammer.
* 2009 , James H. Thorp & Alan P. Covich (eds.), Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates , 3rd ed., page 181
(malacology, of a shell) Having a surface with shallow round indentations, resembling copper that has been hammered.
* 1919', Henry Augustus Pilsbry, "A Review of the Land Mollusks of the Belgian Congo", ''Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History'' ' 40 : 313
(rare) To beat into shape with a hammer.
* 1878 , James Milleson, The Embryonic System of Nature , page 12
Malleate is a related term of malleability.
As a noun malleability
is the quality or state of being malleable.As an adjective malleate is
possessing or resembling a malleus, or another structure shaped like a hammer.As a verb malleate is
to beat into shape with a hammer.malleability
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Antonyms
* brittleness * friabilityReferences
*malleate
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Malleate trophi are present in such common rotifers as Brachionus'', ''Keratella'', and ''Lecane .
- The spire has stronger rib-striæ than C. bequaert i; last whorl finely and closely malleate , with several weak spiral threads.
Verb
(malleat)- Man is a mechanic, and works beautiful forms out of natural organisms. He cuts, bores, malleates , melts, casts in matrices, and spins, various articles.
