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Definition of Brittleness
1. Noun. Firm but easily broken.
Generic synonyms: Breakableness
Specialized synonyms: Flakiness
Derivative terms: Brittle, Brittle, Crispy, Crisp
Definition of Brittleness
1. n. Aptness to break; fragility.
Definition of Brittleness
1. Noun. The property by virtue of which a material is fractured without appreciable deformation by the application of load ¹
2. Noun. The state of being brittle; aptness to break; fragility. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brittleness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brittleness
Literary usage of Brittleness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of Natural Philosophy: In which the Principles of Mechanics by John Lee Comstock (1832)
"brittleness is the property which renders substances easily broken, or separated
... It does not appear that brittleness is entirely opposed to elasticity, ..."
2. Transactions by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.). (1921)
"When removed from the bath, cooled, and tested for brittleness by bending the
specimen back and forth, while clamped firmly at one end in a vise, ..."
3. The Metallography of Steel and Cast Iron by Henry Marion Howe (1916)
"Intergranular brittleness Caused by Heating in Hydrogen.—Ruder finds that hydrogen
heating, which cures the intergranular brittleness induced by Humfrey by ..."
4. Forging: Manual of Practical Instruction in Hand Forging of Wrought Iron by John Jernberg (1919)
"Reduction of brittleness. Tools are always left as hard as it is possible to leave
... In reducing the brittleness of the steel, some of the hardness is of ..."
5. Handbook of Testing Materials: For the Constructor. Part I. Methods by Adolf Martens (1899)
"Toughness and brittleness. 360. It has thus far been impossible to find a perfectly
satisfactory definition for toughness and brittleness, the same as is ..."
6. The Metallography of Iron and Steel by Albert Sauveur (1912)
"brittleness of Low Carbon Steel. — The crystalline growths and other structural
changes described in the foregoing pages lead naturally to the consideration ..."
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