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Definition: capable of being shaped. The term is often used with reference to metals, as in the degree to which they can be shaped by pounding with a hammer.
Malleable Definition
Chemistry Glossary Definition of Malleable
By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D., About.com
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