fragile
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frag·ile
(frăj'əl, -īl') 
adj.
fragility fra·gil'i·ty (frə-jĭl'ĭ-tē) or frag'ile·ness n.
adj.
- Easily broken, damaged, or destroyed; frail.
- Lacking physical or emotional strength; delicate.
- Lacking substance; tenuous or flimsy: a fragile claim to fame.
[French, from Old French, from Latin fragilis, from frangere, frag-, to break.]
fragilely frag'ile·ly adv.fragility fra·gil'i·ty (frə-jĭl'ĭ-tē) or frag'ile·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.
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fragile
adjective
- Easily broken or damaged: breakable, brittle, delicate, frangible. See strong/weak.
- Not physically strong: decrepit, delicate, feeble, flimsy, frail, infirm, insubstantial, puny, unsound, unsubstantial, weak, weakly. See strong/weak.
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fragile
adj
Definition: breakable, dainty
Antonyms: durable, firm, strong, tough, unbreakable
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IN BRIEF: Easily broken or damaged.
Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together.
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fragility
Susceptibility, or lack of resistance, to influences capable of causing disruption of continuity or integrity.
- f. of blood — see erythrocyte fragility (below).
- capillary f. — abnormal susceptibility of capillary walls to rupture.
- erythrocyte f. — susceptibility of erythrocytes to hemolysis when subjected to mechanical trauma (mechanical fragility) or when exposed to increasingly hypotonic saline solutions (osmotic fragility). A test of erythrocyte osmotic fragility is used in diagnosing hemolytic anemia. Called also fragility of blood.
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Fragile
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Fragile may be an adjective meaning brittle.
It may also refer to:
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Music
Albums
- Fragile (Yes album), 1971
- The Fragile, a 1999 album by Nine Inch Nails
- Fragile (Dead or Alive album), 2000
- Fragile (Saron Gas album), 2000
- Fragile (Cherrelle album), 1984
Songs
- "Fragile" (song), a 1987 song composed by Sting
- "Fragile" (Kerli single), a single by the Estonian singer Kerli
Labels
- Fragile Records, a record label
Films
- Fragile (2005 film), a film by Jaume Balagueró
Games
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Fragile
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - skrøbelig, spinkel, skør
Nederlands (Dutch)
breekbaar, broos, tenger
Français (French)
adj. - fragile, patraque, ténu
Deutsch (German)
adj. - zerbrechlich, zart, gebrechlich
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - εύθραυστος
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - frágil
Русский (Russian)
ломкий, хрупкий
Español (Spanish)
adj. - frágil, quebradizo
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - bräcklig, klen (om person)
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
易碎的, 脆的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 易碎的, 脆的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 부서지기 쉬운, 연약한
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 壊れやすい, もろい, 虚弱な
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) هش , سهل الكسر
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - שביר, חלש
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