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The process of being filmed was, I found, peculiar but not discomfiting. At 13, you are malleable, adaptable, better able to take the unusual in your stride.
James Lovegrove

Meaning of "malleable" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MALLEABLE

Via Old French from Medieval Latin malleābilis, from Latin malleus hammer.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MALLEABLE

malleable  [ˈmælɪəbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MALLEABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Malleable is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MALLEABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

malleable

Ductility

In materials science, ductility is a solid material's ability to deform under tensile stress; this is often characterized by the material's ability to be stretched into a wire. Malleability, a similar property, is a material's ability to deform under compressive stress; this is often characterized by the material's ability to form a thin sheet by hammering or rolling. Both of these mechanical properties are aspects of plasticity, the extent to which a solid material can be plastically deformed without fracture. Also, these material properties are dependent on temperature and pressure. Ductility and malleability are not always coextensive – for instance, while gold has high ductility and malleability, lead has low ductility but high malleability. The word ductility is sometimes used to embrace both types of plasticity.

Definition of malleable in the English dictionary

The definition of malleable in the dictionary is able to be worked, hammered, or shaped under pressure or blows without breaking. Other definition of malleable is able to be influenced; pliable or tractable.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MALLEABLE


affiliable
əˈfɪlɪəbəl
agreeable
əˈɡrɪəbəl
amiable
ˈeɪmɪəbəl
appreciable
əˈpriːʃɪəbəl
conciliable
kənˈsɪlɪəbəl
identifiable
aɪˌdɛntɪˈfaɪəbəl
impermeable
ɪmˈpɜːmɪəbəl
liable
ˈlaɪəbəl
nonmalleable
ˌnɒnˈmælɪəbəl
payable
ˈpeɪəbəl
permeable
ˈpɜːmɪəbəl
playable
ˈpleɪəbəl
reliable
rɪˈlaɪəbəl
sulliable
ˈsʌlɪəbəl
talliable
ˈtælɪəbəl
undeniable
ˌʌndɪˈnaɪəbəl
unmalleable
ʌnˈmælɪəbəl
unreliable
ˌʌnrɪˈlaɪəbəl
variable
ˈvɛərɪəbəl
viable
ˈvaɪəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MALLEABLE

malleability
malleable cast iron
malleable iron
malleableness
malleably
malleate
malleation
mallee
mallee fowl
mallee root
mallei
malleiform
mallemaroking
mallemuck
mallenders
malleolar
malleoli
malleolus
mallet
malleus

WORDS THAT END LIKE MALLEABLE

able
changeable
disagreeable
displaceable
enforceable
foreseeable
interchangeable
irreplaceable
knowledgeable
loveable
manageable
moveable
noticeable
rechargeable
replaceable
saleable
serviceable
sizeable
traceable
unenforceable
useable

Synonyms and antonyms of malleable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MALLEABLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «malleable» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of malleable

Translation of «malleable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MALLEABLE

Find out the translation of malleable to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of malleable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «malleable» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

展性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

maleable
570 millions of speakers

English

malleable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निंदनीय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طيع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

податливый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

maleável
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নমনীয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

malléable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mudah dibersihkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

formbar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

可鍛性の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가단
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Malleable
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tánh dể bảo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இணக்கமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ट्यूबलर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dövülebilir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

malleabile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

plastyczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

піддатливий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

maleabil
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

ελατό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

smeebaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

aducerat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

form
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MALLEABLE»

The term «malleable» is quite widely used and occupies the 46.424 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about malleable

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6 QUOTES WITH «MALLEABLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word malleable.
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Peter L. Berger
The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened.
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Lee Bermejo
I think you have to be crazy not to want to work on the Joker! I can't think of many characters, heroes or villains, that are as malleable as him. He really can be interpreted in so many different ways, and generally, people don't really want to scratch the surface because you can get into some really dark territory real fast.
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Richard Dreyfuss
Civics is not only how to run the country before it's your turn to run the country; it is, in fact, the study of power, practical political power. And you must start that process at an age level when kids' brains are still open and malleable.
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Alex Kingston
I love playing strong feisty women, I really do, but if you were to ask my husband he'd probably say that I'm very insecure. And actually incredibly malleable, which isn't necessarily a good thing.
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James Lovegrove
The process of being filmed was, I found, peculiar but not discomfiting. At 13, you are malleable, adaptable, better able to take the unusual in your stride.
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Karl Rove
'Empathy' is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices want. It represents an expansive view of the judiciary in which courts create policy that couldn't pass the legislative branch or, if it did, would generate voter backlash.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MALLEABLE»

Discover the use of malleable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to malleable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Malleable Map: Geographies of Restoration in Central ...
"A Philip E. Lilienthal book"--Prelim. p.
Kären Wigen, 2010
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Circumcision as a Malleable Symbol
The meaning of circumcision is contingent upon its literary context. The strength of this volume is in its detailed textual analysis of circumcision, attending to the nuances within each text's treatment of circumcision.
Nina E. Livesey, 2010
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Cast Irons
MALLEABLE IRON is a type of cast iron that has most of its carbon in the form of irregularly shaped graphite nodules instead of flakes, as in gray iron, or small graphite spherulites, as in ductile iron. Malleable iron is produced by first casting the ...
Joseph R. Davis, 1996
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Malleable Iron Pipe Fittings from China, Inv. 731-TA-1021 ...
that an industry in the United States was materially injured by reason of LTFV imports of malleable cast iron pipe fittings from Thailand.21 On January 4, 1999, the Commission instituted reviews to determine whether revocation of the ...
U.S. International Trade Commission
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Malleable cast: series number one
The images here are never quite clichÃ's, but are familiar, as if recollected from a generational pool of shared knowledge, while the synthetic language presses to return to the reader all the referen
Spencer Selby, 1995
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Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from China, Inv. ...
According to Global Trade Atlas data, China exported 245,485 short tons of non- malleable cast iron pipe fittings during 2007, almost half of which were destined for the United States.78 The domestic interested parties explained in their ...
U.S. International Trade Commission
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Foseco Ferrous Foundryman's Handbook
Malleable irons are cast white, that is, their as-cast structure consists of metastable carbide in a pearlitic matrix. The castings must then be annealed to convert the brittle carbide structure and develop a structure of roughly spherical graphite ...
John R. Brown, 2000
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Metallographer's Guide: Practice and Procedures for Irons ...
Malleable iron is sometimes referred to as TG iron because of the temper graphite present. Usually, white iron is heated ... Because of the absence of the hard and brittle carbide constituent, the iron becomes malleable. The microstructure of a ...
B. L. Bramfitt, 2001
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Remarks on the Comparative Merits of Cast Metal and ...
He has also the pleasure of saying, that his Patent Malleable Iron Rail-Way'Bars have been used for some time past in the extensive Lead Mines of T. R. Beaumont, 'Esq., the Governor and Co., and Thomas Hopper, Esq.; and also upon the ...
Michael Longridge, John Birkinshaw, 1832
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Malleable Cast Iron
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
S. Jones Parsons, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MALLEABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term malleable is used in the context of the following news items.
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Experts predict Oregon's drone companies will generate millions for …
"They're malleable. You can change what they do and how they do it,” said Burtt, the CEO of Aerial Technology International in Clackamas, one ... «KATU, Jul 15»
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Jean Chatzky: Best job interview questions - Bankrate.com
"You want to demonstrate that you know there will be growth, and you're ambitious, flexible, malleable, ready to do anything and smart enough ... «Bankrate.com, Jul 15»
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Ogden's 2nd District Juvenile Courthouse opens its doors | Deseret …
... and that is because they encounter people at a time in their lives when they are most malleable and they are the most capable for change. «Deseret News, Jul 15»
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Rockets land Ty Lawson: Houston seizes opportunity as Nuggets …
Lawson is the key to making the Rockets a more malleable sort, able to twist and contort its creative responsibilities through an opponent's ... «SI.com, Jul 15»
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7 big data management best practices for your IT playbook …
... disruptions as a way of life — and enact strategies and architectures that are sufficiently malleable to accommodate these new developments ... «TechRepublic, Jul 15»
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Conor McCarthy's article nothing to get hung up about | Irish Examiner
To suggest referees aren't malleable is a naive notion. If that wasn't the case then why have so many managers made attempts in the media to ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
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Why ANT-MAN was the perfect way to end MCU Phase 2. - Moviepilot
Peyton Reed has now proven he is more malleable to Feige's vision, and Adam McKay and Paul Rudd's rewrites safely returned the film into a ... «moviepilot.com, Jul 15»
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Western Civilization Declined :: Movies :: Features :: Paste
Spheeris: He was very malleable with regards to his tastes, because when he went over to England that was the first time he had ever seen a ... «Paste Magazine, Jul 15»
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Solar-powered schoolbag life-changer for South African pupils …
At the factory where they are made, the plastic sheets are first cleaned and processed to make them malleable enough to create the bags. «euronews, Jul 15»
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allAfrica.com: Somalia: Somali-Based Pirates Down but Not Out
... is a highly unconventional if not unique international governance mechanism due to its open architecture, informality and malleable structure. «Inter Press Service, Jul 15»

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