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  1. Brittle
    ===Long Island Rail Road=== I`m working on improving this to featured status, and would like to know what it currently needs (besides sources for the {fact} tags). I have yet to expand the rolling stock section (I`m hoping someone with a focus on that can help), and also want to write about steambo...
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  2. brittle
    (jargon) 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 us...
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  3. Brittle
    [food] Brittle is a type of confection, consisting of flat broken pieces of hard sugar candy embedded with nuts such as pecans, almonds, or peanuts. A mixture of sugar and water is heated to the hard crack stage corresponding to a temperature of approximately {convert|300|°F|°C}. Nuts are ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittle_(food)

  4. brittle
    easily broken 
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  5. brittle
    adjective applied to minerals and rocks that rupture easily.
    Found op http://www.cst.cmich.edu/users/dietr1rv/gemrxAppB.htm

  6. brittle
    [adj] - lacking warmth and generosity of spirit 2. [adj] - (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured 3. [adj] - having little elasticity 4. [n] - caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=brittle

  7. Brittle
    Relates to tenacity. Most minerals are brittle, and will crumble when hit, as in iron pyrites.
    Found op http://www.quartznall.co.uk/azhealthguide.htm



  1. Brittle
    Brit'tle adjective [ Middle English britel , brutel , Anglo-Saxon bryttian to dispense, from breótan to break; akin to Icelandic brytja , Swedish bryta , Danish bryde . Confer Brickle .] Easily...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/100

  2. brittle
    brickle adjective having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; `brittle bones`; `glass is brittle`; ``brickle` and `brickly` are dialectal`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=brittle

  3. brittle
    unannealed adjective (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=brittle

  4. brittle
    adjective lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; `a brittle and calculating woman`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=brittle

  5. brittle
    toffee noun caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=brittle

  6. Brittle
    • (a.) Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/brittle/

  7. Brittle
    [disambiguation] Brittleness is the liability of a material to fracture when subjected to stress. Brittle may also refer to: ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittle_(disambiguation)

  8. brittle
    1) Breakable 2) Brickle 3) Brickly 4) Easily broken
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/brittle/1

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