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Malleability vs. Plasticity

Malleability and Plasticity Definitions

Malleability

Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure
A malleable metal.

Plasticity

Capable of being shaped or formed
Plastic material such as clay.

Malleability

Easily controlled or influenced
"The British [rulers] ... had favoured the brother who struck them as altogether more amiable, a more malleable, more temperate man" (Paul Scott).

Plasticity

Relating to or dealing with shaping or modeling
The plastic art of sculpture.

Malleability

Able to adjust to changing circumstances; adaptable
A malleable leader unafraid to compromise.

Plasticity

Having the qualities of sculpture; well-formed
"the astonishing plastic beauty of the chorus girls" (Frank Harris).
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Malleability

Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs
The malleable rhythms of jazz.

Plasticity

Giving form or shape to a substance
The plastic forces that create and wear down a mountain range.

Malleability

The quality or state of being malleable.

Plasticity

Easily influenced; impressionable
"The plastic mind of the bank clerk had been ... distorted by what he had read" (Rudyard Kipling).

Malleability

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.

Plasticity

Made of a plastic or plastics
A plastic garden hose.
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Malleability

(cryptography) a property of a cryptographic algorithms in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext

Plasticity

(Physics) Capable of undergoing continuous deformation without rupture or relaxation.

Malleability

The quality or state of being malleable; - opposed to friability and brittleness.

Plasticity

Capable of building tissue; formative.

Malleability

The property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped under pressure without breaking

Plasticity

Able to change and adapt, especially by acquiring alternative pathways for sensory perception or motor skills. Used of the central nervous system.
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Plasticity

Marked by artificiality or superficiality
A plastic world of fad, hype, and sensation.

Plasticity

(Informal) Of or obtained by means of credit cards
Plastic money.

Plasticity

Any of various organic compounds produced by polymerization, capable of being molded, extruded, cast into various shapes and films, or drawn into filaments used as textile fibers.

Plasticity

(Informal) A credit card or credit cards
Would accept cash or plastic in payment.

Plasticity

The quality or state of being plastic.

Plasticity

(physics) the property of a solid body whereby it undergoes a permanent change in shape or size when subjected to a stress exceeding a particular value (the yield value)

Plasticity

The quality or state of being plastic.

Plasticity

Plastic force.

Plasticity

The property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped under pressure without breaking

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