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brittle silver ore
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.
Brittle silver ore
. Farewell, thou pretty, brittle piece Of fine-cut crystal. --Cotton. Brittle silver ore, the mineral stephanite.
Brittlely
Brittlely Brit"tle*ly, adv. In a brittle manner. --Sherwood.
Brittleness
Brittleness Brit"tle*ness, n. Aptness to break; fragility.

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- material is brittle if, when subjected to stress, it fractures with little elastic deformation and without significant plastic deformation. Brittle materials...
- Brittle stars, serpent stars, or ophiuroids (from Latin ophiurus 'brittle star'; from Ancient Gr**** ὄφις (óphis) 'serpent', and οὐρά (ourá) 'tail'; referring...
- brittle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Brittleness is the liability of a material to fracture when subjected to stress. Brittle or brittleness may...
- all metals experience ductile failure as some can be characterized with brittle failure like cast iron. Polymers generally can be viewed as ductile materials...
- Brittle is a type of confection consisting of flat broken pieces of hard sugar candy embedded with nuts such as pecans, almonds, or peanuts, and which...
- Richardson Producer of the Year Award for his work on Rare Americans' "Brittle Bones Nicky" and Mother Mother's "It's Alright". Ilana Kaplan, "Rare Americans...
- Brittle asthma is a type of asthma distinguishable from other forms by recurrent, severe attacks. There are two subtypes divided by symptoms: Type 1 and...
- Gr**** words ὄνυχο- ónycho-, "nail" and ῥῆξις rhexis, "bursting"), is a brittleness with breakage of finger or toenails that may result from hypothyroidism...
- In computer programming and software engineering, software brittleness is the increased difficulty in fixing older software that may appear reliable,...
- develops tangentially, it is called a shear crack, slip band, or dislocation. Brittle fractures occur without any apparent deformation before fracture. Ductile...