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  brittle
       
           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.
       
          [{Jargon File]
       
          (1995-05-09)
       
       

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Farewell, thou pretty, brittle piece
           Of fine-cut crystal.                     --Cotton.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Brittle silver ore, the mineral stephanite.
        [1913 Webster]

  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.
  
  

  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

  brittle
       adj 1: having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured
              or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle";
              "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal" [syn: 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: unannealed]
       n : caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets [syn: toffee, toffy]

  brittle
     Αγγλικά a.
     εύθραυστος, εύθρυπτος, ψαθυρός

  brittle
     a.
     1 inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress,
  pressure, or impact.
     2 Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when
  bending.
     3 (lb en archaeology) Said of rocks and minerals with a conchoidal
  fracture; capable of being knapped or flaked.
     4 Emotionally fragile, easily offended.
     5 (lb en engineering computing of a system) Poorly error- or
  fault-tolerant; having little in the way of redundancy or defense in
  depth; susceptible to catastrophic failure in the event of a
  relatively-minor malfunction or deviance.
     6 (lb en informal
  proscribed)<ref>[http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/endocrine_and_metabolic_disorders/diabetes_mellitus_and_disorders_of_carbohydrate_metabolism/diabetes_mellitus_dm.html
  Diabetes Mellitus (DM)], Merck manual</ref> diabetes that is
  characterized by dramatic swings in blood sugar level.
     n.
     1 A confection of caramelized sugar and nuts.
     2 (lb en by extension) Anything resembling this confection, such as
  flapjack, a cereal bar, etc.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To become brittle.

  Brittle
     n.
     (surname: en).

  brittle
     a.
     1 inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress,
  pressure, or impact.
     2 Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when
  bending.
     3 (lb en archaeology) Said of rocks and minerals with a conchoidal
  fracture; capable of being knapped or flaked.
     4 Emotionally fragile, easily offended.
     5 (lb en engineering computing of a system) Poorly error- or
  fault-tolerant; having little in the way of redundancy or defense in
  depth; susceptible to catastrophic failure in the event of a
  relatively-minor malfunction or deviance.
     6 (lb en informal
  proscribed)<ref>[http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/endocrine_and_metabolic_disorders/diabetes_mellitus_and_disorders_of_carbohydrate_metabolism/diabetes_mellitus_dm.html
  Diabetes Mellitus (DM)], Merck manual</ref> diabetes that is
  characterized by dramatic swings in blood sugar level.
     n.
     1 A confection of caramelized sugar and nuts.
     2 (lb en by extension) Anything resembling this confection, such as
  flapjack, a cereal bar, etc.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To become brittle.

  Brittle
     n.
     (surname: en).

  brittle
     a.
     1 inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress,
  pressure, or impact.
     2 Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when
  bending.
     3 (lb en archaeology) Said of rocks and minerals with a conchoidal
  fracture; capable of being knapped or flaked.
     4 Emotionally fragile, easily offended.
     5 (lb en engineering computing of a system) Poorly error- or
  fault-tolerant; having little in the way of redundancy or defense in
  depth; susceptible to catastrophic failure in the event of a
  relatively-minor malfunction or deviance.
     6 (lb en informal
  proscribed)<ref>[http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/endocrine_and_metabolic_disorders/diabetes_mellitus_and_disorders_of_carbohydrate_metabolism/diabetes_mellitus_dm.html
  Diabetes Mellitus (DM)], Merck manual</ref> diabetes that is
  characterized by dramatic swings in blood sugar level.
     n.
     1 A confection of caramelized sugar and nuts.
     2 (lb en by extension) Anything resembling this confection, such as
  flapjack, a cereal bar, etc.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To become brittle.

  Brittle
     n.
     (surname: en).

  brittle
     a.
     1 inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress,
  pressure, or impact.
     2 Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when
  bending.
     3 (lb en archaeology) Said of rocks and minerals with a conchoidal
  fracture; capable of being knapped or flaked.
     4 Emotionally fragile, easily offended.
     5 (lb en engineering computing of a system) Poorly error- or
  fault-tolerant; having little in the way of redundancy or defense in
  depth; susceptible to catastrophic failure in the event of a
  relatively-minor malfunction or deviance.
     6 (lb en informal
  proscribed)<ref>[http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/endocrine_and_metabolic_disorders/diabetes_mellitus_and_disorders_of_carbohydrate_metabolism/diabetes_mellitus_dm.html
  Diabetes Mellitus (DM)], Merck manual</ref> diabetes that is
  characterized by dramatic swings in blood sugar level.
     n.
     1 A confection of caramelized sugar and nuts.
     2 (lb en by extension) Anything resembling this confection, such as
  flapjack, a cereal bar, etc.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To become brittle.

  Brittle
     n.
     (surname: en).

  brittle
     Englanti a.
     hauras

  brittle
     Engelska a.
     skör

  brittle /bɹˈɪtəl/
  breekbaar

  Brittle /bɹˈɪtəl/
  هشّ

  brittle //ˈbɹɪtl̩// 
  1. крехък, трошлив, чуплив
  able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
  2. крехък
  apt to break or crumble when bending
  3. обидчив, чувствителен
  emotionally fragile, easily offended

  brittle /bɹˈɪtəl/ 
  křehký

  brittle /bɹˈɪtəl/ 
  bregus 

  brittle /bɹˈɪtəl/
  Krokant  [cook.]
     Synonym: praline
  

  brittle /bɹˈɪtəl/
  spröde, spröd 

  brittle /bɹˈɪtəl/
  zerbrechlich, brüchig 

  brittle /bɹˈɪtəl/
  
  εύθραυστος

  brittle //ˈbɹɪtl̩// 
  1. hauras
  able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
  2. hapero, hauras
  apt to break or crumble when bending
  3. hauras, herkkä, herkkätunteinen
  emotionally fragile, easily offended

  brittle //ˈbɹɪtl̩// 
  krokantti
  confection of caramelized sugar and nuts

  brittle /britl/
  fragile

  brittle /bɹˈɪtəl/ 
  1. भंगुर
        "Brittle bones"
        "A brittle and calculating woman"

  brittle /bɹˈɪtəl/
  krhak, krt, lomljiv

  brittle /bɹˈɪtəl/
  1. morzsolódó
  2. rideg
  3. grillázs
  4. törékeny

  brittle //ˈbɹɪtl̩// 
  skjør, sprø
  able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure

  brittle /ˈbrɪtəl/ 
   1.  łamliwy, kruchy
   2.  bezwzględny, bez serca
   3.  suchy

  brittle /britl/
  frágil, quebradiço

  brittle //ˈbɹɪtl̩// 
  krokant
  confection of caramelized sugar and nuts

  brittle /bɹˈɪtəl/
  1. kolay kırılır, gevrek
  2. içinde fındık v.b. bulunup soğuduğu zaman gevrekleşen ve erimiş şekilde yapılan tatlı.

  
/ˈbɹɪtəɫ/

  99 Moby Thesaurus words for "brittle":
     atrophied, breakable, brittle as glass, capricious, changeable,
     cheap-jack, cobwebby, corruptible, crackable, crisp, crispy,
     crumbly, crump, crushable, dainty, deciduous, delicate,
     delicately weak, desiccated, dried-up, dying, effeminate,
     emaciated, ephemeral, evanescent, fading, fickle, fissile,
     fleeting, flimsy, flitting, fly-by-night, flying, fracturable,
     fragile, frail, frangible, friable, fugacious, fugitive, gimcrack,
     gimcracky, gossamery, impermanent, impetuous, impulsive,
     inconstant, insecure, insubstantial, jerry, jerry-built, lacerable,
     light, lightweight, momentary, mortal, mutable, namby-pamby,
     nondurable, nonpermanent, papery, parchmenty, passing, pasteboardy,
     perishable, puny, scissile, sensitive, sere, shatterable, shattery,
     shivery, short-lived, shriveled, shrunken, sissified, sleazy,
     slight, splintery, tacky, temporal, temporary, transient,
     transitive, transitory, undurable, unenduring, unstable,
     unsubstantial, volatile, vulnerable, wasted, weak, wilted, wispy,
     withered, wizened, womanish, wrinkled
  
  

  a. 易碎的;

     a. 易碎的,脆弱的,易坏的