Malleable

//ˈmæl.iː.ə.bəl// adj

adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. 2
    Flexible, liable to change. figuratively

    "My opinion on the subject is malleable."

  3. 3
    in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext
Adjective
  1. 1
    capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out wordnet
  2. 2
    easily influenced wordnet

Synonyms

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ductileable to adaptaccessibleacquiescentadaptableadaptive

Antonyms

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stiff

Example

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"The principle difference between lettering and typography is that typography is based on fonts, which are static letterforms, and letter shapes formed by lettering are fluid and malleable."

Etymology

From Middle French malléable, borrowed from Late Latin malleābilis, derived from Latin malleāre (“to hammer”), from malleus (“hammer”), from Proto-Indo-European *mal-ni- (“crushing”), an extended variant of *melh₂- (“crush, grind”).

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