malleability

noun — 3 senses

malleability

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

Computing, Cryptography, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences a property of a cryptographic algorithms in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext

Antonyms
brittleness, friability
Derived terms
unmalleability

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