Brittleness
41brittle — brittleness, n. /brit l/, adj., brittler, brittlest, n., v., brittled, brittling. adj. 1. having hardness and rigidity but little tensile strength; breaking readily with a comparatively smooth fracture, as glass. 2. easily damaged or destroyed;… …
42fragility — Brittleness; liability to break, burst, or disintegrate. SYN: fragilitas. [L. fragilitas] f. of the blood SYN: osmotic f.. capillary f. the susceptibility of capillaries to breakage and extravasation of red cells under conditions of increased… …
43fragilitas unguium — brittleness of the nails; see onychorrhexis …
44ceramic composition and properties — Introduction atomic and molecular nature of ceramic (industrial ceramics) materials (materials processing) and their resulting characteristics and performance in industrial applications. Industrial ceramics are commonly understood to… …
45steel — steellike, adj. /steel/, n. 1. any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying …
46Sword making — Sword making, historically, has been the work of specialized smiths or metalworkers called bladesmiths or swordsmiths. Modern armorers and swordsmiths still ply their trade although to a more limited clientele. Their products are oriented toward… …
47Hardness — This article is about mechanical properties of materials. For other uses, see Hard. Hardness is the measure of how resistant solid matter is to various kinds of permanent shape change when a force is applied. Macroscopic hardness is generally… …
48AI-complete — In the field of artificial intelligence, the most difficult problems are informally known as AI complete or AI hard, implying that the difficulty of these computational problems is equivalent to solving the central artificial intelligence problem …
49Tooth enamel — Labeled molar Latin enamelum Code TA …
50Drill bit — For the fictional character, see Drill Bit (Transformers). For the cancelled skyscraper nicknamed Drill bit, see Chicago Spire. For the types used in drilling wells, see Well drilling. From top to bottom: Spade, lip and spur (brad point), masonry …
