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What does malleable mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word malleable? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.
  2. (figuratively) Flexible, liable to change.
  3. (cryptography, of an algorithm) in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext
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It starts off as a malleable glop, neither too stiff nor too liquid, which can be shaped in a mold, where it hardens.
Wet wool is quite malleable in terms of size, and you can get it to dry up or down a bit just by handling it properly.
All implants are quickly inserted while the cement is malleable to allow proper positioning.
Her character is weak and Steinbeck characterized her as an archetypical child, both capricious and malleable.
Industrial and commercial fittings are made from galvanized steel, cast iron, or malleable steel.
Gold is malleable and does not fracture as it is tumbled about in running water.

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