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Definition of Frangible
1. Adjective. Capable of being broken. "The museum stored all frangible articles in locked showcases"
Definition of Frangible
1. a. Capable of being broken; brittle; fragile; easily broken.
Definition of Frangible
1. Adjective. Able to be broken; breakable; fragile. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Frangible
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frangible
Literary usage of Frangible
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cyclopædia;: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.by Abraham Rees by Abraham Rees (1819)
"... by the frangible nature of every material of which boilers and other parts of
.... frangible ..."
2. A Glossary of Mineralogy by Henry William Bristow (1861)
"Lustre metallic. Streak greyish-black,and somewhat shining. Slightly sectile.
Easily frangible. Fracture imperfect conchoidal. "H. 3. SG 4-4 to 5. Fig. 181. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Chemistry by Andrew Ure (1828)
"Difficultly frangible. It occurs in beds in gneiss, in Aberdeenshire, ...
Rather harder than common hornblende, and more easily frangible. ..."
4. A Treatise on the External Characters of Fossils by Abraham Gottlob Werner (1805)
"Generally speaking, all malleable fossils arc difficultly frangible, ... a foliated
or conchoidal fracture more easily frangible. The different degrees of ..."
5. A Treatise on the External, Chemical and Physical Characters of Minerals by Robert Jameson (1817)
"Very difficultly frangible, as in native malleable metals, in silver-glance or
... Not particularly difficultly frangible or rather easily frangible, ..."
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