malleabilityn.
/ˌmalɪəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌmæl(j)əˈbɪlədi/, /ˌmæliəˈbɪlədi/ 1. The property of being malleable.
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society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > working qualities of materials > [noun]
fusibility1624
malleability1644
fusibleness1684
pliability1725
plasticity1727
impermeability1755
unvitrescibility1786
vitrescibility1786
workableness1791
refractoriness1805
pumpability1881
permeability1882
mouldability1890
alkalinity1892
machinability1921
paintability1926
spinnability1939
processability1941
wear-resistance1946
extrudability1981
the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [noun] > plasticity
malleability1644
malleableness1644
fictileness1727
plasticity1727
mouldability1890
1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. 125 Mettalls..with their ductility and malleability.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. vi. 210 Supposing the nominal Essence of Gold, to be a Body of such a peculiar Colour and Weight, with Malleability and Fusibility.
1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. I. 45 The Noble metals are bodies of the greatest Malleability.
1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 238 Malleability is again another quality of solids, especially metals, quite distinct from toughness.
1890 Nature 4 Sept. The existence in steel of proportions [of manganese] ranging from 0·1 up to about 2·75 per cent. improves its strength and malleability.
1957 Encycl. Brit. IX. 577/2 Aluminium gutter splints are of value in some cases [of fracture] on account of their malleability and translucence to X-rays.
1992 Materials Sci. & Engin. A 158 51/2 The Incoloy 901 alloy with the new composition specification has obviously an improved malleability without loss of mechanical performance.
2. figurative. Capacity for being fashioned or adapted; adaptability, pliability.
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society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [noun] > malleability
flexibleness1623
malleableness1644
malleability1869
mouldableness1883
1869 A. Trollope Phineas Finn lxiii, in St. Paul's Feb. 624 It is so difficult for a man to go back to the verdure and malleability of pupildom.
1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. viii. 190 You are old-fashioned, pedantic, unpleasant,..you have no malleability.
1962 New Statesman 7 Dec. 829/1 What surprises is the famous malleability of the two women: did neither one dream of walking out?
1981 G. Swift Shuttlecock iii. 27 The thing I like most about Marian..is her malleability, her pliancy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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