What's the difference between breakable and brittle?

Breakable


Definition:

  • (a.) Capable of being broken.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In the second world war, countries had their own encryption tools but now we share networks and tools, and if you can undermine the random number generator - if you can make it less random - and that’s what the NSA was doing by trying to trick, buy or persuade companies to make their encryption more breakable,” said Gellman.
  • (2) Although the degree of breakability varied depending on the substance of the calculi, cystine calculi, generally deemed relatively hard, could also be fragmented.
  • (3) But even this grassroots culture of globalisation is breakable, if you try hard enough – because it can only exist in a space sealed off from official politics.
  • (4) For structural rearrangements, the hypersensitive stage is likely to be the post-meiotic differentiating spermatid, a stage not subject to germinal selection, and one which in Drosophila has been shown to combine high breakability with enhanced repair.
  • (5) Other risk-reduction measures include the adoption of universal precautions against transmission of infectious disease; sharp-instrument precautions; the use of protective garb to prevent skin and mucous membrane contamination when blood or bloody body fluid may splash; the availability of stable, puncture-resistant disposal containers for sharp instruments; the exclusion of breakable glass syringes; and the accessibility of resuscitation equipment in all rooms in order to avoid direct mouth-to-mouth contact.
  • (6) This leads to pigment deposition between and on the surface of collagen fibres (ochronosis) which hardens the tissues as in leather tanning, and can render them breakable.
  • (7) The conventional EHL has a shortcoming in that its breakability decreases in the saline irrigation environment.
  • (8) "For example, a 7z archive with a password of eight characters is breakable.
  • (9) Between dried products (solids with friable and breakable texture) anv very hydrated products (meat or fresh fruits for example), the IMF are characterized by their high aw (from 0.65 to 0.90) and their generally soft texture.
  • (10) But my commitment to Borussia Dortmund and the people is not breakable."
  • (11) normally affect the skin and the lower extremities, in the form of breakable skin, hyperelasticity...
  • (12) No thermoses or breakable water containers were allowed.
  • (13) The tube comprises a breakable ampoule with an aqueous buffer solution, a freeze-dried preparation of the chromogenic ester with a filler promoting its dissolution, a freeze-dried preparation of butyrylcholinesterase with a filler promoting its stability, and an indication layer.
  • (14) Only 30-40% photo-breakable stable adducts of the total were excised almost completely in 24 h by nucleotide excision repair in normal cells, but remained unexcised in XPA cells.
  • (15) Special attention should be paid to the selection of C. albicans strains, and a parameter such as the breakability of the strain should be considered.
  • (16) Of course, he denied the speculation linking him to it, saying his commitment "to Borussia Dortmund and the people is not breakable", but every man has his price.
  • (17) Osteogenesis Imperfecta constitutes a group of anomalies include between the lethal form of the disease and a condition in which the cortical bone is thiness and more breakable.
  • (18) A 7z archive with a password of 12 characters is breakable, but only if you can provide enough computational resources to crack it.
  • (19) First, our results support the idea that, relative to their mitotic metaphase length, all major chromosomal regions are similar in their breakability, whether euchromatic (proximal or distal) or heterochromatic.

Brittle


Definition:

  • (a.) Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This method ensures the good preservation of spatial relations between bone elements essential for studies of fossil bones, which are sometimes very brittle.
  • (2) Ultrastructural studies of Aeromonas hydrophila strain AH26 revealed two distinctive pilus types: "straight" pili appear as brittle, rod-like filaments, whereas "flexible" pili are supple and curvilinear.
  • (3) Three sibs, a boy and two girls, born to Moroccan consanguineous parents, were affected with a syndrome characterized by brittle hair, mental retardation, short stature, ataxia, and gonadal dysfunction.
  • (4) In this prospective study the incidence and severity of hypoglycaemia were evaluated in 10 type I brittle diabetic patients under conventional treatment (period A), then under chronic treatment with CSII for at least 1 year (period B: the first 3 months; period C: the last 3 months).
  • (5) Only few reports exist about the occurrence of brittle nails.
  • (6) Trichothiodystrophy (TTD) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by brittle hair with reduced sulfur content, ichthyosis, peculiar face, and mental and physical retardation.
  • (7) The hooves of biotin-deficient swine are weak, brittle, and often necrotic.
  • (8) The coterie around the prime minister brought their conflict addiction, their brittle tribalism and their self-reinforcing insularity into government.
  • (9) Nigeria's oil pipelines are battleground for brittle democracy Read more In addition Nigeria’s ethnic, geographic, and religious differences can prove explosive, and it’s unlikely that Buhari – a Muslim from northern Nigeria – will treat the southern Christian Niger Delta militants differently to the Islamic Boko Haram , who this week declared their allegiance to Isis.
  • (10) We present a young man with Mediterranean type glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus whose brittle course was characterized by recurrent bouts of hypoglycemia and diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA).
  • (11) Saudi Arabia had been vehemently opposed to Aoun’s nomination, fearing he will consolidate Iran’s influence on the brittle state, which has remained vulnerable state since the end of its destructive civil war 25 years ago.
  • (12) The glycemic control of 11 brittle diabetics is improved during the 5 days after a 24 hour connection with the AEP.
  • (13) One patient with brittle juvenile-onset diabetes had successful control before, during, and after cesarean section.
  • (14) Holland are favourites, primarily because of their inventive forward players – with Wesley Scheijder in refulgent form and brittle Arjen Robben and Robin Van Persie set to make a record two consecutive starts, the Uruguayan defence will surely be stretched ….
  • (15) Detection of low-sulfur brittle hair syndrome is also important for genetic counseling because the disease appears to be inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern.
  • (16) The tricho-rhino-phalangeal syndrome (TRPS) is a rare congenital disorder, characterized by (1) a peculiar and somewhat pear-shaped nose, (2) sparse and brittle scalp hair, and (3) radiographic evidence of cone-shaped epiphyses of the hands.
  • (17) No problems related to stent migration or brittleness have been encountered.
  • (18) This decrease in the SRS index has been explained in terms of the relative amounts of strain-hardened material produced as milling severity increased, resulting in an increasing resistance to deformation and thus an apparent increase in brittle behaviour as particle size decreased.
  • (19) Osteogenesis imperfecta (OGI) is a rare genetic disease which, as a result of a disorder in the formation of the organic stroma of the bone due to a defect in osteogenic function, induces brittle bones, whereby only weak forces bring about multiple, repeated pathological fractures.
  • (20) He is never going to outdo José Mourinho when it comes to confrontation, brittle one-liners and media positioning – the Chelsea manager is simply too well-practised – but his team reminded everyone here why they are such formidable opponents, and that is always the best way to win these arguments.

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