fragility (redirected from osmotic fragility)

frag·ile  (frjl, -l)

adj.

1. Easily broken, damaged, or destroyed; frail.

2. Lacking physical or emotional strength; delicate.

3. Lacking substance; tenuous or flimsy: a fragile claim to fame.

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[French, from Old French, from Latin fragilis, from frangere, frag-, to break; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]

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fragile·ly adv.

fra·gili·ty (fr-jl-t), fragile·ness n.

Synonyms: fragile, breakable, frangible, delicate, brittle
These adjectives mean easily broken or damaged. Fragile applies to objects that are not made of strong or sturdy material and that require great care when handled: fragile porcelain plates.
Breakable and frangible mean capable of being broken but do not necessarily imply inherent weakness: breakable toys; frangible artifacts.
Delicate refers to what is so soft, tender, or fine as to be susceptible to injury: delicate fruit.
Brittle refers to inelasticity that makes something especially likely to fracture or snap when it is subjected to pressure: brittle bones. See Also Synonyms at weak.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fragility - quality of being easily damaged or destroyed breakability, frangibility, frangibleness vulnerability - susceptibility to injury or attack
	2.	fragility - lack of physical strength delicacy weakness - the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain; "his weakness increased as he became older"; "the weakness of the span was overlooked until it collapsed"

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fragility

noun

1. vulnerability, weakness, instability, insecurity, precariousness the extreme fragility of the Right-wing coalition

2. weakness, delicacy, frailty, infirmity, feebleness, brittleness, frangibility seriously injured because of the fragility of their bones

Translations

fragility [frəˈdʒɪlɪtɪ] N

1. (= breakable nature) [of object] → fragilidad f

2. (= delicacy, fineness) [of plant, beauty, person] → delicadeza f

3. (= frailty) [of person] → debilidad f; [of health] → precariedad f

4. (= instability) [of relationship] → fragilidad f, precariedad f

fragility [frəˈdʒɪlɪti] n → fragilité f

[bones, china, glass] → fragilité f

[peace, alliance, friendship] → fragilité f

[person] (physical) → fragilité f; (emotional) → fragilité f

fragility

n (of glass, china, object) → Zerbrechlichkeit f; (of beauty, skin, child) → Zartheit f; (of fabric) → Feinheit f; (of elderly person) → Gebrechlichkeit f; (of health) → Zartheit f, → Anfälligkeit f; (of situation) → Unsicherheit f; (of peace, ceasefire) → Brüchigkeit f; (of mental state, economy) → Labilität f; (of government, democracy) → geschwächter Zustand

fragility [frəˈdʒɪlɪtɪ] n → fragilità

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fragility [frəˈdʒɪlɪtɪ] n → fragilità