deformability
Ability to warp
Deformability is the capacity of something to be deformed—to change shape under pressure or stress.
The term appears most often in technical contexts: materials science measures the deformability of metals, and medical research examines the deformability of red blood cells as they squeeze through narrow capillaries.
The clay's deformability made it ideal for sculpting.
Ability to stretch unbroken
- malleabilityCapacity for deformation without breaking
- formabilityEase of being shaped
- moldabilityCapacity to be shaped
- workabilityEase of handling material
pliability · bendability · flow · shaping · pressing · irreversibility
Capacity to elongate
- springinessCapacity for elastic recovery
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- recoilBackward force from discharge
- rubberinessElastic, yielding quality
bounciness · snapback · rebound · give · sponginess · pliability · extensibility · compressibility
Excessive stretching force
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- modulusAbsolute value operation
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- creepStealthy, slow movement
fatigue · fracture · brittleness · toughness · stiffness · hardening · annealing · tempering
Tendency to match surroundings
- adjustabilityCapacity for alteration
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- modifiabilityCapacity to be adjusted
reconfigurability · versatility · transformability · responsiveness · configurability
ductility
Ability to stretch unbroken
- malleabilityCapacity for deformation without breaking
- formabilityEase of being shaped
- moldabilityCapacity to be shaped
workability · pliability · bendability · flow · shaping · pressing · irreversibility
stretchability
Capacity to elongate
- springinessCapacity for elastic recovery
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- recoilBackward force from discharge
rubberiness · bounciness · snapback · rebound · give · sponginess · pliability · extensibility · compressibility · recoverability
strain
Excessive stretching force
creep · fatigue · fracture · brittleness · toughness · stiffness · hardening · annealing · tempering · tensile
conformability
Tendency to match surroundings
- adjustabilityCapacity for alteration
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- complianceAdhering to requirements
modifiability · reconfigurability · versatility · transformability · responsiveness · configurability
bendable
Able to curve
limber · flexuous · twistable · soft · bendy · yielding · lithe · willowy · lissome · whippy
deformabilityrigidity
State of being unbending
stiffness · inflexibility · hardness · inelasticity · unyieldingness
deformed, deform, deformity, deformation, deforming, reformable, deformable, transformable