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brittle
(mass) | brittle
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brittle
(encz) | brittle,křehký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
brittle
(encz) | brittle,lámavý adj: Pino |
brittle
(encz) | brittle,nevybíravý adj: v řeči ap. Pino |
Brittle
(gcide) | Brittle \Brit"tle\, a. [OE. britel, brutel, AS. bryttian to
dispense, fr. bre['o]tan to break; akin to Icel. brytja, Sw.
bryta, Dan. bryde. Cf. Brickle.]
Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.
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Farewell, thou pretty, brittle piece
Of fine-cut crystal. --Cotton.
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Brittle silver ore, the mineral stephanite.
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brittle
(wn) | brittle
adj 1: having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or
fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is
brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal" [syn:
brittle, brickle, brickly]
2: lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; "a brittle and
calculating woman"
3: (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily
cracked or fractured [syn: brittle, unannealed]
n 1: caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets [syn: brittle,
toffee, toffy] |
brittle
(foldoc) | brittle
fragile
Said of software that is functional but easily
broken by changes in operating environment or configuration,
or by any minor tweak to the software itself. Also, any
system that responds inappropriately and disastrously to
abnormal but expected external stimuli; e.g. a file system
that is usually totally scrambled by a power failure is said
to be brittle. This term is often used to describe the
results of a research effort that were never intended to be
robust, but it can be applied to commercially developed
software, which displays the quality far more often than it
ought to.
Opposite of robust.
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brittle
(jargon) | brittle
adj.
Said of software that is functional but easily broken by changes in
operating environment or configuration, or by any minor tweak to the
software itself. Also, any system that responds inappropriately and
disastrously to abnormal but expected external stimuli; e.g., a file system
that is usually totally scrambled by a power failure is said to be brittle.
This term is often used to describe the results of a research effort that
were never intended to be robust, but it can be applied to commercial
software, which (due to closed-source development) displays the quality far
more often than it ought to. Oppose robust.
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brittleness
(encz) | brittleness,křehkost n: Zdeněk Brož |
peanut brittle
(encz) | peanut brittle, |
Brittle
(gcide) | Brittle \Brit"tle\, a. [OE. britel, brutel, AS. bryttian to
dispense, fr. bre['o]tan to break; akin to Icel. brytja, Sw.
bryta, Dan. bryde. Cf. Brickle.]
Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.
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Farewell, thou pretty, brittle piece
Of fine-cut crystal. --Cotton.
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Brittle silver ore, the mineral stephanite.
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brittle silver glance
(gcide) | Silver \Sil"ver\ (s[i^]l"v[~e]r), n. [OE. silver, selver,
seolver, AS. seolfor, siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin
to OS. silubar, OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG.
silabar, silbar, G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan.
s["o]lv, Goth. silubr, Russ. serebro, Lith. sidabras; of
unknown origin.]
1. (Chem.) A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile,
very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It
is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic,
antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite,
proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc. Silver is one of
the "noble" metals, so-called, not being easily oxidized,
and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a great variety
of articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic weight 107.7.
Specific gravity 10.5.
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Note: Silver was known under the name of luna to the ancients
and also to the alchemists. Some of its compounds, as
the halogen salts, are remarkable for the effect of
light upon them, and are used in photography.
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2. Coin made of silver; silver money.
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3. Anything having the luster or appearance of silver.
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4. The color of silver.
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Note: Silver is used in the formation of many compounds of
obvious meaning; as, silver-armed, silver-bright,
silver-buskined, silver-coated, silver-footed,
silver-haired, silver-headed, silver-mantled,
silver-plated, silver-slippered, silver-sounding,
silver-studded, silver-tongued, silver-white. See
Silver, a.
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Black silver (Min.), stephanite; -- called also {brittle
silver ore}, or brittle silver glance.
Fulminating silver. (Chem.)
(a) A black crystalline substance, Ag2O.(NH3)2, obtained
by dissolving silver oxide in aqua ammonia. When dry
it explodes violently on the slightest percussion.
(b) Silver fulminate, a white crystalline substance,
Ag2C2N2O2, obtained by adding alcohol to a solution
of silver nitrate; -- also called {fulminate of
silver}. When dry it is violently explosive.
German silver. (Chem.) See under German.
Gray silver. (Min.) See Freieslebenite.
Horn silver. (Min.) See Cerargyrite.
King's silver. (O. Eng. Law) See Postfine.
Red silver, or Ruby silver. (Min.) See Proustite, and
Pyrargyrite.
Silver beater, one who beats silver into silver leaf or
silver foil.
Silver glance, or Vitreous silver. (Min.) See
Argentine.
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brittle silver ore
(gcide) | Silver \Sil"ver\ (s[i^]l"v[~e]r), n. [OE. silver, selver,
seolver, AS. seolfor, siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin
to OS. silubar, OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG.
silabar, silbar, G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan.
s["o]lv, Goth. silubr, Russ. serebro, Lith. sidabras; of
unknown origin.]
1. (Chem.) A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile,
very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It
is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic,
antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite,
proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc. Silver is one of
the "noble" metals, so-called, not being easily oxidized,
and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a great variety
of articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic weight 107.7.
Specific gravity 10.5.
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Note: Silver was known under the name of luna to the ancients
and also to the alchemists. Some of its compounds, as
the halogen salts, are remarkable for the effect of
light upon them, and are used in photography.
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2. Coin made of silver; silver money.
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3. Anything having the luster or appearance of silver.
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4. The color of silver.
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Note: Silver is used in the formation of many compounds of
obvious meaning; as, silver-armed, silver-bright,
silver-buskined, silver-coated, silver-footed,
silver-haired, silver-headed, silver-mantled,
silver-plated, silver-slippered, silver-sounding,
silver-studded, silver-tongued, silver-white. See
Silver, a.
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Black silver (Min.), stephanite; -- called also {brittle
silver ore}, or brittle silver glance.
Fulminating silver. (Chem.)
(a) A black crystalline substance, Ag2O.(NH3)2, obtained
by dissolving silver oxide in aqua ammonia. When dry
it explodes violently on the slightest percussion.
(b) Silver fulminate, a white crystalline substance,
Ag2C2N2O2, obtained by adding alcohol to a solution
of silver nitrate; -- also called {fulminate of
silver}. When dry it is violently explosive.
German silver. (Chem.) See under German.
Gray silver. (Min.) See Freieslebenite.
Horn silver. (Min.) See Cerargyrite.
King's silver. (O. Eng. Law) See Postfine.
Red silver, or Ruby silver. (Min.) See Proustite, and
Pyrargyrite.
Silver beater, one who beats silver into silver leaf or
silver foil.
Silver glance, or Vitreous silver. (Min.) See
Argentine.
[1913 Webster]Stephanite \Steph"an*ite\, n. [So named after the Archduke
Stephan, mining director of Austria.] (Min.)
A sulphide of antimony and silver of an iron-black color and
metallic luster; called also black silver, and {brittle
silver ore}.
[1913 Webster]Brittle \Brit"tle\, a. [OE. britel, brutel, AS. bryttian to
dispense, fr. bre['o]tan to break; akin to Icel. brytja, Sw.
bryta, Dan. bryde. Cf. Brickle.]
Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.
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Farewell, thou pretty, brittle piece
Of fine-cut crystal. --Cotton.
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Brittle silver ore, the mineral stephanite.
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Brittle silver ore
(gcide) | Silver \Sil"ver\ (s[i^]l"v[~e]r), n. [OE. silver, selver,
seolver, AS. seolfor, siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin
to OS. silubar, OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG.
silabar, silbar, G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan.
s["o]lv, Goth. silubr, Russ. serebro, Lith. sidabras; of
unknown origin.]
1. (Chem.) A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile,
very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It
is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic,
antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite,
proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc. Silver is one of
the "noble" metals, so-called, not being easily oxidized,
and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a great variety
of articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic weight 107.7.
Specific gravity 10.5.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Silver was known under the name of luna to the ancients
and also to the alchemists. Some of its compounds, as
the halogen salts, are remarkable for the effect of
light upon them, and are used in photography.
[1913 Webster]
2. Coin made of silver; silver money.
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3. Anything having the luster or appearance of silver.
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4. The color of silver.
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Note: Silver is used in the formation of many compounds of
obvious meaning; as, silver-armed, silver-bright,
silver-buskined, silver-coated, silver-footed,
silver-haired, silver-headed, silver-mantled,
silver-plated, silver-slippered, silver-sounding,
silver-studded, silver-tongued, silver-white. See
Silver, a.
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Black silver (Min.), stephanite; -- called also {brittle
silver ore}, or brittle silver glance.
Fulminating silver. (Chem.)
(a) A black crystalline substance, Ag2O.(NH3)2, obtained
by dissolving silver oxide in aqua ammonia. When dry
it explodes violently on the slightest percussion.
(b) Silver fulminate, a white crystalline substance,
Ag2C2N2O2, obtained by adding alcohol to a solution
of silver nitrate; -- also called {fulminate of
silver}. When dry it is violently explosive.
German silver. (Chem.) See under German.
Gray silver. (Min.) See Freieslebenite.
Horn silver. (Min.) See Cerargyrite.
King's silver. (O. Eng. Law) See Postfine.
Red silver, or Ruby silver. (Min.) See Proustite, and
Pyrargyrite.
Silver beater, one who beats silver into silver leaf or
silver foil.
Silver glance, or Vitreous silver. (Min.) See
Argentine.
[1913 Webster]Stephanite \Steph"an*ite\, n. [So named after the Archduke
Stephan, mining director of Austria.] (Min.)
A sulphide of antimony and silver of an iron-black color and
metallic luster; called also black silver, and {brittle
silver ore}.
[1913 Webster]Brittle \Brit"tle\, a. [OE. britel, brutel, AS. bryttian to
dispense, fr. bre['o]tan to break; akin to Icel. brytja, Sw.
bryta, Dan. bryde. Cf. Brickle.]
Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.
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Farewell, thou pretty, brittle piece
Of fine-cut crystal. --Cotton.
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Brittle silver ore, the mineral stephanite.
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Brittle star
(gcide) | Brittle star \Brit"tle star`\ (br[i^]t"t'l st[aum]r`), (Zool.)
Any species of ophiuran starfishes. See Ophiuroidea.
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brittlebush
(gcide) | brittlebush \brittlebush\ n.
1. fragrant rounded shrub of SW US and adjacent Mexico having
brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and
yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and
varnish and in folk medicine.
Syn: brittle bush, incienso, Encelia farinosa.
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Brittlely
(gcide) | Brittlely \Brit"tle*ly\, adv.
In a brittle manner. --Sherwood.
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Brittleness
(gcide) | Brittleness \Brit"tle*ness\, n.
Aptness to break; fragility.
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brittle bladder fern
(wn) | brittle bladder fern
n 1: delicate fern widely distributed in North America and
European having thin pinnatifid fronds with brittle stems
[syn: brittle bladder fern, brittle fern, {fragile
fern}, Cystopteris fragilis] |
brittle bush
(wn) | brittle bush
n 1: fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and
adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded
blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used
in incense and varnish and in folk medicine [syn:
brittlebush, brittle bush, incienso, {Encelia
farinosa}] |
brittle fern
(wn) | brittle fern
n 1: delicate fern widely distributed in North America and
European having thin pinnatifid fronds with brittle stems
[syn: brittle bladder fern, brittle fern, {fragile
fern}, Cystopteris fragilis] |
brittle maidenhair
(wn) | brittle maidenhair
n 1: tropical American fern with broad pinnae; widely cultivated
[syn: brittle maidenhair, brittle maidenhair fern,
Adiantum tenerum] |
brittle maidenhair fern
(wn) | brittle maidenhair fern
n 1: tropical American fern with broad pinnae; widely cultivated
[syn: brittle maidenhair, brittle maidenhair fern,
Adiantum tenerum] |
brittle star
(wn) | brittle star
n 1: an animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms
radiating from a small central disc [syn: brittle star,
brittle-star, serpent star] |
brittle willow
(wn) | brittle willow
n 1: large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily
broken [syn: crack willow, brittle willow, {snap
willow}, Salix fragilis] |
brittle-star
(wn) | brittle-star
n 1: an animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms
radiating from a small central disc [syn: brittle star,
brittle-star, serpent star] |
brittlebush
(wn) | brittlebush
n 1: fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and
adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded
blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used
in incense and varnish and in folk medicine [syn:
brittlebush, brittle bush, incienso, {Encelia
farinosa}] |
brittleness
(wn) | brittleness
n 1: firm but easily broken [syn: brittleness, crispness,
crispiness] |
embrittle
(wn) | embrittle
v 1: make brittle |
peanut brittle
(wn) | peanut brittle
n 1: brittle containing peanuts |
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