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.
    • 2022 July 27, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Bridge disasters that spanned an Empire”, in RAIL, number 962, page 58:
      In Scotland, the Tay [bridge] fell (in part) as textbook testament to the brittleness of cast iron.

Hyponyms
  • software brittleness

Translations

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