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What does malleability mean?

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Noun
  1. The quality or state of being malleable.
  2. 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.
  3. (cryptography) a property of a cryptographic algorithms in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext
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It is impossible to measure their bulk properties, such as color, malleability, ductility, melting and boiling points, and densities.
The cognitive psychologist Elizabeth Loftus has been vilified for publishing groundbreaking data on the malleability of memory.
On the other hand, their malleability, ductility, and power of resisting oxygen is generally diminished.
But while the world's most legendary metal boasts incomparable resistance and beauty, its malleability is a definite disadvantage.
The malleability and strength of concrete make it suitable for almost any kind of dam, on any kind of site.
Even American political leaders have been fooled by their compatriots' apparent apathy and malleability.

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