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Webster 1913 Edition

Brittleness

Brit′tle-ness

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Noun.

Aptness to break; fragility.

Webster 1828 Edition

Brittleness

BRIT'TLENESS

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Noun.

Aptness to break; fragility; opposed to toughness and tenacity.

Definition 2024

brittleness

brittleness

English

Noun

brittleness ‎(usually uncountable, plural brittlenesses)

The property by virtue of which a material is fractured without appreciable deformation by the application of load.
The state of being brittle; aptness to break; fragility.

Translations

property

Finnish: hauraus (fi)
French: fragilité (fr) f

Russian: хрупкость (ru) f ‎(xrupkostʹ), ломкость (ru) f ‎(lomkostʹ)
Spanish: fragilidad f

state

Finnish: hauraus (fi)
Irish: aibrisce f, brisce f, caireacht f, sceiteacht f, sobhristeacht f

Russian: уязвимость (ru) f ‎(ujazvimostʹ)

References

brittleness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913