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That religious earnestness forever tends toward fright and hence towards brittleness and inquisition is clear enough in mythology and history.
Thomas Howard

Meaning of "brittleness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BRITTLENESS

brittleness  [ˈbrɪtəlnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRITTLENESS

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pronoun
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Brittleness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BRITTLENESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

brittleness

Brittleness

A material is brittle if, when subjected to stress, it breaks without significant deformation. Brittle materials absorb relatively little energy prior to fracture, even those of high strength. Breaking is often accompanied by a snapping sound. Brittle materials include most ceramics and glasses and some polymers, such as PMMA and polystyrene. Many steels become brittle at low temperatures, depending on their composition and processing. When used in materials science, it is generally applied to materials that fail when there is little or no evidence of plastic deformation before failure. One proof is to match the broken halves, which should fit exactly since no plastic deformation has occurred. When a material has reached the limit of its strength, it usually has the option of either deformation or fracture. A naturally malleable metal can be made stronger by impeding the mechanisms of plastic deformation, but if this is taken to an extreme, fracture becomes the more likely outcome, and the material can become brittle. Improving material toughness is therefore a balancing act.

Definition of brittleness in the English dictionary

The definition of brittleness in the dictionary is the quality of being brittle.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BRITTLENESS


audibleness
ˈɔːdɪbəlnɪs
casualness
ˈkæʒʊəlnɪs
excitableness
ɪkˈsaɪtəbəlnɪs
fickleness
ˈfɪk əlnɪs
gentleness
ˈdʒɛntəlnɪs
gradualness
ˈɡrædjʊəlnɪs
idleness
ˈaɪdəlnɪs
inscribableness
ɪnˈskraɪbəbəlnɪs
ismaticalness
ɪzˈmætɪkəlnɪs
majesticalness
məˈdʒɛstɪkəlnɪs
naturalness
ˈnætʃərəlnɪs
pharisaicalness
ˌfærɪˈseɪɪkəlnɪs
practicalness
ˈpræktɪkəlnɪs
prosaicalness
prəʊˈzeɪɪkəlnɪs
rewardableness
rɪˈwɔːdəbəlnɪs
sporadicalness
spəˈrædɪkəlnɪs
suppleness
ˈsʌpəlnɪs
temptableness
ˈtɛmptəbəlnɪs
unclimbableness
ʌnˈklaɪməbəlnɪs
wrathfulness
ˈrɒθfəlnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRITTLENESS

britschka
britska
britt
Brittanies
Brittany
Brittany spaniel
Britten
brittle
brittle bone disease
brittle bone syndrome
brittle-star
brittlely
brittly
Brittonic
britzka
Brix scale
Brixia
BRN
Brno
bro

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRITTLENESS

adhesiveness
appropriateness
attentiveness
attractiveness
awareness
awesomeness
brand awareness
business
closeness
competitiveness
completeness
cost-effectiveness
cuteness
effectiveness
hoarseness
likeness
oneness
responsiveness
self-awareness
soreness
uniqueness

Synonyms and antonyms of brittleness in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «brittleness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRITTLENESS

Find out the translation of brittleness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of brittleness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «brittleness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

脆性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fragilidad
570 millions of speakers

English

brittleness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भंगुरता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هشاشة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хрупкость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fragilidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভঙ্গুরতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fragilité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kejam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sprödigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

脆性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

취성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Brittleness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giòn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நொறுங்குமை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उधळपट्टी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gevreklik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fragilità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kruchość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

крихкість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fragilitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ευθραυστότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

brosheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sprödhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skjørhet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of brittleness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRITTLENESS»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about brittleness

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QUOTES WITH «BRITTLENESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word brittleness.
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Thomas Howard
That religious earnestness forever tends toward fright and hence towards brittleness and inquisition is clear enough in mythology and history.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRITTLENESS»

Discover the use of brittleness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to brittleness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Handbook of Dynamical Systems
A necessary condition for continuous shadowability is that the brittleness times the error magnitude ( | Eq | ) of the pseudo-trajectory is smaller than the extent of the attractor in phase space. The brittleness of a pseudo-trajectory is thus a ...
B. Fiedler, 2002
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Handbook of Heat Treatment of Steels
2.5.9 TEMPER BRITTLENESS When the hardened steel is tempered, it passes through a series of transformations that affect not only its hardness but also its toughness. When the steel is tempered at a particular temperature, it suffers a ...
K. H. Prabhudev, 1988
3
Fracture and Size Effect in Concrete and Other Quasibrittle ...
10. Brittleness. and. Size. Effect. in. Structural. Design. Except for a terse review in the introduction to the book, we have so far focused on fracture specimens and have not given adequate attention to real structures, reinforced as well as ...
Zdenek P. Bazant, Jaime Planas, 1997
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Harmonising Rock Engineering and the Environment
2012 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-0-415-80444-8 Subject: Keywords: The paper discusses the variation of rock brittleness with confining pressure σ3 for rocks of different hardness, failed under triaxial compression with σ1 >σ 2 ...
Qihu Qian, Yingxin Zhou, 2011
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Fracture Processes of Concrete
BRITTLENESS. OF. STRUCTURES. From Section 3.3.3 it may have become clear that the fracture energy of concrete may increase when (a) the concrete mixture becomes increasingly more heterogeneous, (b) when fibres are added to the ...
Jan G.M. van Mier, 1996
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Impact of Human Activity on the Geological Environment ...
Brittleness is one of the most important mechanical properties of rocks. Nevertheless, there is no agreement between different authors as to definition, concept or measurement of brittleness. Different researchers mean, express and use it ...
Pavel Konecny, 2005
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Using Analogy to Overcome Brittleness in AI Systems
This work explores how structure mapping models of analogical processing allow for the robust reuse of domain knowledge. This work focuses on two analogical methods to reuse existing knowledge in novel situations and domains.
Matthew Evans Klenk, 2009
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Characterisation and Engineering Properties of Natural Soils
8.5 Brittleness Brittleness is associated with strain softening behaviour, i.e. a reduction in shear strength as strains increase. It can be observed in most natural soils: stiff plastic clays and shales with residual strength smaller than peak strength ...
T. S. Tan, 2003
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Cement-Based Composites: Materials, Mechanical Properties ...
The brittleness is then defined as 1/ch = f2t/EGf The application of ch for characterization of different materials is justified only when their - curves are of similar shape. The higher values of ch mean lower brittleness and higher toughness.
Andrzej M. Brandt, 2009
10
Materials Handbook: A Concise Desktop Reference
1.2.11. Brittleness. Indices. During the breakage of a material, from an energy balance point of view, the external mechanical work applied to the material is entirely absorbed in both the deformation and the fracture processes. Rationalized ...
François Cardarelli, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRITTLENESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term brittleness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Public Release: 6-Jul-2015 Does that 'green' plasticizer make my …
What gives plastic objects their flexibility and reduces their brittleness is the concentration of plasticiser. For example, a chemical solvent of the ... «EurekAlert, Jul 15»
2
Fremantle Defeats Plucky Brisbane
Fierce tackling and pressure on the ball carriers has uncovered a certain brittleness in the Fremantle game plan. The eponymous Lions lived ... «Australian Football Association of North America, Jul 15»
3
Hiring Vets Is Good Business: How To Recognize And Support PTSD
Brittleness: Not being able to find peace outside or inside their life or inside their psyche leads to a brittleness where anything can set them off. «Forbes, Jul 15»
4
Alloy Vs Steel Wheels: Whats The Best For You?
The degree of an alloy wheel is brittleness is determined by amount of nickel added in it which also adds weight in it. Higher the amount of ... «CarTrade.com, Jul 15»
5
Fortune favours the brave
Mr Vance tries to play down Mr Musk's brittleness, but it is hard to obscure. While dancing with his first wife on their wedding day, he told her, ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
6
Travel Tips for Independence Day Weekend
... skipping or streaking. How to prevent it: Even if wiper blades seem to be working fine, inspect them regularly for cracks, tears and brittleness. «The Garden City Telegram, Jul 15»
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How To Strengthen Brittle Nails
But, if you can just moisturise your nails occasionally, that can surely strengthen brittle nails. Just remember that brittleness is a result of dryness ... «BoldSky, Jul 15»
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Keep your cool and celebrate with ice cream
... of the term sorbet is unregulated industry standards want them free from surface crustation, brittleness, syrup bleeding, and large ice crystals. «Tallahassee.com, Jul 15»
9
2015 Hyundai Tucson 2.0 CRDi review
... enhanced further here, the diesel version smoothing the T-GDi's slight brittleness into a well-judged pliancy that makes the exceptional body ... «Autocar, Jul 15»
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Best practice and linear thinking favour autocracies. So what do we …
... the Rwandas and Ethiopias of the world doing far better than the messy democracies, ignoring the brittleness of more authoritarian systems. «The Guardian, Jun 15»

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