malleable

  • 21malleable — adjective /ˈmæliəbəl/ a) Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers. My opinion on the subject is malleable. b) ( …

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  • 22malleable —    Capable of being shaped or formed, whether by hand or with tools; plastic, pliable, pliant, ductile. Materials especially considered malleable are moist clay, modeling clay, polymer clay, warm wax, and molten glass and metals …

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  • 23malleable — mal•le•a•ble [[t]ˈmæl i ə bəl[/t]] adj. 1) mel capable of being extended or shaped, as by hammering or by pressure 2) adaptable; tractable: a malleable personality[/ex] • Etymology: 1350–1400; < ML malleābilis=malle(āre) to hammer + ābilis… …

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  • 24malleable — /ˈmæliəbəl / (say maleeuhbuhl) adjective 1. capable of being extended or shaped by hammering or by pressure with rollers. 2. adaptable or tractable. {Middle English malliable, from Old French malleable, from Latin malleāre beat with a hammer. See …

  • 25Malleable iron — is cast as White iron, the structure being a metastable carbide in a pearlitic matrix. Through an annealing heat treatment the brittle as cast structure is transformed. Carbon agglomerates into small roughly speherical aggregates of graphite… …

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  • 26Malleable Technologies — is a private company founded in 1998 by Curtis Abbott. Malleable created a specialized processor called MECA or Malleable Embedded Communications Accelerator that had a reconfigurable array connected to a microprocessor. Through this array,… …

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  • 27Malleable iron — Malleable Mal le*a*ble, a. [F. mall[ e]able, fr. LL. malleare to hammer. See {Malleate}.] 1. Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; applied to metals. [1913 Webster] 2. Capable of being… …

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  • 28Malleable iron castings — Malleable Mal le*a*ble, a. [F. mall[ e]able, fr. LL. malleare to hammer. See {Malleate}.] 1. Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; applied to metals. [1913 Webster] 2. Capable of being… …

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  • 29malleable iron — n. cast iron made from pig iron by long heating at a high temperature and slow cooling: it is especially strong and malleable: also malleable cast iron …

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  • 30Malleable iron — Malleable iron. См. Ковкий чугун. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …

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