Associations to the word «Malleable»

MALLEABLE, adjective. Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.

MALLEABLE, adjective. (metaphorical) Flexible, liable to change.

MALLEABLE, adjective. (cryptography) (of an algorithm) in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext

MALLEABLE IRON, noun. Iron that is cast as white iron, and then transformed into malleable form through an annealing heat treatment.

MALLEABLE, adjective. Easily influenced.

MALLEABLE, adjective. Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy".