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malleable

 [mal´e-ah-b'l]
susceptible of being beaten out into a thin plate.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

mal·le·a·ble

(mal'ē-ă-bŭl),
Capable of being shaped by being beaten or subjected to pressure; a property of certain metals such as gold and silver.
[L. malleus, a hammer]
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mal·le·a·ble

(mal'ē-ă-bĕl)
Capable of being shaped by being beaten or by pressure; a property of certain metals such as gold and silver.
[L. malleus, a hammer]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
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best student oral presentation for his entertaining delivery of 'Synthetic face adaptation reveals neural tuning.' Samantha Strong from the University of Bradford was acknowledged for best poster presentation 'Identification of two sub-divisions within human motion-sensitive area V5.' A special mention was given to Deborah Laughton from Aston University for her oral presentation, 'Persistence of ocular malleability may facilitate myopic progression in the ageing eye,' with Ben Coldrick, also from Aston University, recognised for his poster presentation 'Biomechanical modeling of the accommodation system.'
Using vinyl's malleability, Smith fringes the work's bottom and folds the cardinal's face like a horseshoe.
In testing the typologies of thought and language, Jacoby playfully demonstrates the strange malleability of even their most familiar forms.
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EXPLOITING Jailing him at Manchester Crown Court Judge Martin Rudland said: "You wormed your way into your victims' homes and into their sexuality, exploiting their malleability. "You went on to a site where children feel safe and corrupted them within their own homes."
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