brittleness

English

Etymology

brittle +‎ -ness

Noun

brittleness (usually uncountable, plural brittlenesses)

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

Hyponyms

• software brittleness

Translations

property

• Finnish: hauraus (fi)
• French: fragilité (fr) f
• German: Brüchigkeit f, Sprödekeit f, Sprödigkeit f, Versprödung f, Zerbrechlichkeit f
• Macedonian: кршливост f (kršlivost)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sprøhet m or f

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• Russian: хрупкость (ru) f (xrupkostʹ), ломкость (ru) f (lomkostʹ)
• Spanish: fragilidad f
• Turkish: gevreklik (tr) (mostly food), kırılganlık (tr)

state

• Finnish: hauraus (fi)
• Irish: aibrisce f, brisce f, caireacht f, sceiteacht f, sobhristeacht f
• Macedonian: кршливост f (kršlivost)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sprøhet m or f

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• Russian: уязвимость (ru) f (ujazvimostʹ)
• Turkish: gevrek olma (mostly food), kırılgan olma

References

• “brittleness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.