English words for 'The quality of being coilable.'
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noun
- The quality or state of being malleable.
- The property by virtue of which a material can be extended in all directions without rupture by the application of load; a material's ability to be bent, formed, or shaped without cracking or breaking.
- (cryptography) a property of a cryptographic algorithms in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext
- the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking
verb
- To twist or wind (something) into coils; to coil.
- To use effort to draw (a response, words, etc.) from or out of someone; to generate (something) as a response.
- (also figuratively) Often followed by from or out: to extract (a liquid) from something wet by squeezing, twisting, or otherwise putting pressure on it.
- Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out.
- To clasp and twist (hands) together due to distress, sorrow, etc.
- (mining) Of a lode: to be depleted of ore; to peter or peter out.
- To twist the body in or as if in pain; to writhe.
- To obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force.
- (materials science) To slide (two ultraflat surfaces) together such that their faces bond.
- To be engaged in clasping and twisting (especially the hands), or exerting pressure.
- To contend, to struggle; also, to strive, to toil.
- (also figuratively) To hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist; to wrest.
- To squeeze water (from an item of wet clothing) by passing through a wringer.
- To bend or strain (something) out of its position; to wrench, to wrest.
- To cause distress or pain to (a person or their heart, soul, etc.); to distress, to torment.
- Of a thing (such as footwear): to pinch or press (a person or part of their body), causing pain.
- To contort or screw up (the face or its features).
- To experience distress, pain, punishment, etc.
- To cause (tears) to come out from a person or their eyes.
- twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
- twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid
- twist and press out of shape
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
noun
noun
- The quality of being elastic.
- (computing) A system's ability to adapt to changes in workload by automatically provisioning and de-provisioning resources.
- (computing) A measure of the flexibility of a data store's data model and clustering capabilities.
- (mathematics) The ratio of the relative change in a function's output with respect to the relative change in its input, for infinitesimal changes at a certain point.
- Adaptability.
- (physics) The property by virtue of which a material deformed under load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded
- (economics) The sensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity.
- the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
noun
- The quality or state of being malleable.
- The property by virtue of which a material can be extended in all directions without rupture by the application of load; a material's ability to be bent, formed, or shaped without cracking or breaking.
- (cryptography) a property of a cryptographic algorithms in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext
- the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking
noun
- The quality of being elastic.
- (computing) A system's ability to adapt to changes in workload by automatically provisioning and de-provisioning resources.
- (computing) A measure of the flexibility of a data store's data model and clustering capabilities.
- (mathematics) The ratio of the relative change in a function's output with respect to the relative change in its input, for infinitesimal changes at a certain point.
- Adaptability.
- (physics) The property by virtue of which a material deformed under load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded
- (economics) The sensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity.
- the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
verb
- To twist or wind (something) into coils; to coil.
- To use effort to draw (a response, words, etc.) from or out of someone; to generate (something) as a response.
- (also figuratively) Often followed by from or out: to extract (a liquid) from something wet by squeezing, twisting, or otherwise putting pressure on it.
- Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out.
- To clasp and twist (hands) together due to distress, sorrow, etc.
- (mining) Of a lode: to be depleted of ore; to peter or peter out.
- To twist the body in or as if in pain; to writhe.
- To obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force.
- (materials science) To slide (two ultraflat surfaces) together such that their faces bond.
- To be engaged in clasping and twisting (especially the hands), or exerting pressure.
- To contend, to struggle; also, to strive, to toil.
- (also figuratively) To hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist; to wrest.
- To squeeze water (from an item of wet clothing) by passing through a wringer.
- To bend or strain (something) out of its position; to wrench, to wrest.
- To cause distress or pain to (a person or their heart, soul, etc.); to distress, to torment.
- Of a thing (such as footwear): to pinch or press (a person or part of their body), causing pain.
- To contort or screw up (the face or its features).
- To experience distress, pain, punishment, etc.
- To cause (tears) to come out from a person or their eyes.
- twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
- twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid
- twist and press out of shape
- obtain by coercion or intimidation