Definitions for friability
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1. crumbliness, friabilitynoun

   excessive breakableness

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1. friabilitynoun

   The quality of being friable, or easily broken, crumbled, or reduced to powder; friableness.

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1. Friabilitynoun

   Capacity of being reduced to powder.

   Etymology: from friable.

   Hardness, friability, and power to draw iron, are qualities to be found in a loadstone. John Locke.

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1. Friability

   In materials science, friability ( FRY-ə-BIL-ə-tee), the condition of being friable, describes the tendency of a solid substance to break into smaller pieces under duress or contact, especially by rubbing. The opposite of friable is indurate. Substances that are designated hazardous, such as asbestos or crystalline silica, are often said to be friable if small particles are easily dislodged and become airborne, and hence respirable (able to enter human lungs), thereby posing a health hazard. Tougher substances, such as concrete, may also be mechanically ground down and reduced to finely divided mineral dust. However, such substances are not generally considered friable because of the degree of difficulty involved in breaking the substance's chemical bonds through mechanical means. Some substances, such as polyurethane foams, show an increase in friability with exposure to ultraviolet radiation, as in sunlight. Friable is sometimes used metaphorically to describe "brittle" personalities who can be "rubbed" by seemingly-minor stimuli to produce extreme emotional responses.

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1. friability

   Friability refers to the quality of a material or substance being easily crumbled, crushed or pulverized under minimum force or pressure. It is often used to describe factors such as soil quality, geological formations, mineral components in pharmaceutical industry to assess the durability of tablets, and other material properties.

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1. Friability

   Friability is the ability of a solid substance to be reduced to smaller pieces with little effort. The opposite of friable is indurated. Substances designated as being hazardous, such as asbestos or crystalline silica are often referred to as being friable if they are present in such a state that small particles easily can become dislodged, thus enabling them to become respirable, posing a health hazard. Tougher substances, such as concrete, may also be mechanically ground down and reduced to finely divided mineral dust. However, such substances are not generally considered friable because of the degree of difficulty involved in breaking the substance's chemical bonds through mechanical means. Some substances, such as polyurethane foams, show an increase in friability with exposure to ultraviolet radiation as present in sunlight.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of friability in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of friability in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3