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Definition of Embrittle
1. Verb. Make brittle.
Definition of Embrittle
1. Verb. To make brittle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Embrittle
1. [v -TLED, -TLING, -TLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embrittle
Literary usage of Embrittle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1902)
"The graphite by itself should weaken, soften and embrittle cast-iron. Scattering
through the metal sheets of a weak substance like graphite should in effect ..."
2. The Iron and Steel Magazine by Albert Sauveur (1901)
"You cannot eat your cake and keep it ; and carbon which has separated as graphite
can no longer remain in combination as cementite to harden and embrittle ..."
3. Transactions by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.). (1902)
"The graphite by itself should weaken, soften and embrittle cast-iron. Scattering
through the metal sheets of a weak substance like graphite should in effect ..."
4. Opportunity 2000: Creative Affirmative Action Strategies for a Changing (1988)
"Pipelines built for natural gas could be unsuitable because hydrogen can embrittle
steel pipes, shortening their lifetimes, and because the energy density ..."
5. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1922)
"They arc liable to remain entangled in the solid metal in the form of inclusions,
which weaken and embrittle it greatly. (6) In order that as much as ..."
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