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malleation

malleation noun: the act or process of malleating (beating into a plate, sheet, or leaf, as a metal).

Noun

malleation (countable and uncountable, plural malleations)

  1. (archaic, often) The act or process of malleating (beating into a plate, sheet, or leaf, as a metal)
  2. (figuratively) Forceful or constant bending, shaping working
  3. A hammering movement of the hands against the thighs, a form of tic.

malleation meaning in Tamil

malleation in Tamil

கைத்தசைத்துடிப்பு

Forms of malleation

pluralmalleations

Origin of malleation

Latin malleatio: compare Old French malleation.

Questions about malleation

What does malleation mean?
Malleation means the act or process of malleating (beating into a plate, sheet, or leaf, as a metal).
What is malleation in Tamil?
Malleation in Tamil is கைத்தசைத்துடிப்பு. See Malleation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is malleation?
Malleation is a noun.
What is the plural of malleation?
The plural of malleation is malleations.

Words near malleation in the dictionary

  1. mallear
  2. malleate
  3. malleated
  4. malleates
  5. malleating
  6. malleation
  7. malleations
  8. Malleco
  9. malled
  10. mallee
  11. mallee bird

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Adapted from Wiktionary: malleation (page history and authors); malleation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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