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
