malleable
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/icons/point.icon PLASTIC, PLIABLE, PLIANT, DUCTILE, MALLEABLE, ADAPTABLE mean susceptible of being modified in form or nature.
PLASTIC applies to substances soft enough to be molded yet capable of hardening into the desired fixed form.
e.g. plastic materials allow the sculptor greater freedom
PLIABLE suggests something easily bent, folded, twisted, or manipulated.
e.g. pliable rubber tubing
PLIANT may stress flexibility and sometimes connote springiness.
e.g. an athletic shoe with a pliant sole
DUCTILE applies to what can be drawn out or extended with ease.
e.g. ductile metals such as copper
MALLEABLE applies to what may be pressed or beaten into shape.
e.g. the malleable properties of gold
ADAPTABLE implies the capability of being easily modified to suit other conditions, needs, or uses.
e.g. computer hardware that is adaptable
adjective
(of a metal or other material) able to be hammered or pressed permanently out of shape without breaking or cracking:
〈金属などが〉柔らかく簡単に違う形にできる
e.g. a malleable metal can be beaten into a sheet.
easily influenced; pliable:
〈人の性格などが〉影響を受けやすい, 柔軟な
e.g. Anna was shaken enough to be malleable.
DERIVATIVES
malleability |ˌmal(y)əˈbilədē| noun
malleably |-blē| adverb
ORIGIN
late Middle English (in the sense ‘able to be hammered’): via Old French from medieval Latin malleabilis, from Latin malleus ‘a hammer’.