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friability::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | crumbliness |
| Type of | breakableness |
| Derivation | friable |
Examples of friability
friability
Their friability generally leads to mountains with relatively smooth slopes such as Skiddaw itself.
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Due to the friability of the orebody the ore above the first blast caves and falls into the drawbells.
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They are used to increase system reactivity and physical property build, and to reduce the friability of rigid foam molded parts.
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Friability of a product containing asbestos means that it is so soft and weak in structure that it can be broken with simple finger crushing pressure.
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It is best to slope the lawn to create some run-off, place any drainage at the highest point to divert excess moisture and concentrate on improving the friability of the soil conditions.
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This endoscopic image is of Crohn's colitis showing diffuse loss of mucosal architecture, friability of mucosa in sigmoid colon and exudate on wall, all of which can be found with ulcerative colitis.
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- Crumbliness: excessive breakableness
- Friability is the ability of a solid substance to be reduced to smaller pieces with little effort.
- The quality of being friable, or easily broken, crumbled, or reduced to powder; friableness
- Fragility of the hymen resulting in a small fissure or fissures, usually at the posterior forchette.
- Relative breakdown of the abrasive grain through attrition (grinding, blasting, milling)
- Fragile tissue that may bleed easily (e.g. when a swab is taken).
- A term used to describe tissues that bleed (abnormally) easily. Example: The friability of labial adhesions, that when gently separated may bleed.
- Characteristic of material that describes its resistance to breakage.
- The ability of an abrasive grain to cleave easily along weak crystallographic planes, producing new sharp fracture facets.
