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Malleable

//ˈmæl.iː.ə.bəl// adj

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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

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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