Brittleness

  • 91Toughest — Tough Tough, a. [Compar. {Tougher}; superl. {Toughest}.] [OE. tough, AS. t[=o]h, akin to D. taai, LG. taa, tage, tau, OHG. z[=a]hi, G. z[aum]he, and also to AS. getenge near to, close to, oppressive, OS. bitengi.] 1. Having the quality of… …

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  • 92fragile — adjective Etymology: Middle French, from Latin fragilis more at frail Date: 1521 1. a. easily broken or destroyed < a fragile vase > b. constitutionally delicate ; lacking in vigor < a fragile child > 2. tenuous …

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  • 93osteogenesis imperfecta — noun Etymology: New Latin, imperfect osteogenesis Date: circa 1901 a hereditary disease marked especially by extreme brittleness of bones and caused by defective or insufficient collagen …

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  • 94weak — adjective Etymology: Middle English weike, from Old Norse veikr; akin to Old English wīcan to yield, Greek eikein to give way, Sanskrit vijate he speeds, flees Date: 14th century 1. lacking strength: as a. deficient in physical vigor ; feeble,&#8230; …

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  • 95brittle — I. adjective (brittler; brittlest) Etymology: Middle English britil; akin to Old English brēotan to break, Old Norse brjōta Date: 14th century 1. a. easily broken, cracked, or snapped < brittle clay > < brittle glass > …

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  • 96vitreous — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from vitrum glass Date: 14th century 1. a. resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) ; glassy < vitreous rocks > b. characterized by low porosity and usually&#8230; …

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  • 97Antimony — This article is about the element. For the town, see Antimony, Utah. Not to be confused with Antinomy, a type of paradox. tin ← antimony → tellurium As ↑ Sb ↓ Bi …

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  • 98Beryl — Beril redirects here. For a character of Tolkien s legendarium, see Beril (House of Bëor). Heliodor redirects here. For the masculine name, see Heliodorus (disambiguation). For other uses, see Beryl (disambiguation). Beryl Three varieties of&#8230; …

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  • 99Bokken — A bokken ( ja. 木剣, bok(u) , wood , and ken , sword ), is a wooden Japanese sword used for training, usually the size and shape of a katana , but sometimes shaped like other swords, such as the wakizashi and tantō. Bokken (木剣) is a term for Bokutō …

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  • 100Emerald — Infobox mineral name = Emerald category = Beryl variety boxwidth = boxbgcolor = imagesize = 225 caption = Emerald with host rock formula = Beryllium aluminium silicate with chromium, Be3Al2(SiO3)6::Cr| molweight = color = Green habit = Hexagonal&#8230; …

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