brittleness

English

Etymology

brittle +‎ -ness

Noun

brittleness (usually uncountable, plural brittlenesses)

The property by virtue of which a material is fractured without appreciable deformation by the application of load.
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, f

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, f

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

References

brittleness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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