Malleable vs Elasticity - What's the difference?
malleable | elasticity |
Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.
(metaphorical ) Flexible, liable to change.
(cryptography, of an algorithm) in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext
(physics) The property by virtue of which a material deformed under the load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded
(economics) The sensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity.
The quality of being elastic.
Adaptability.
As an adjective malleable
is able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.As a noun elasticity is
the property by virtue of which a material deformed under the load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded.malleable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- My opinion on the subject is malleable .
Coordinate terms
* ductileReferences
*elasticity
English
Noun
- If the sales of an item drop by 5 % when the price increases by 10 %, its price elasticity is -0.5.