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fragilization en · NOUN

Etymology

From fragile + -ization.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The act or process of making fragile.
   • Taylor locates religious metaphorphosis^([sic]) in the nova effect, triggered, somewhat paradoxically, by the secular and naturalistic fragilizations of religion. 2010, Michael S. Hogue, The Promise of Religious Naturalism, page 15:
   • Brittle radial hydrides that are perpendicular to the main (hoop) stress contribute to cladding fragilization, although clad rupture caused by radial hydrides during the quenching phase of a RIA has never been reported. 2010, Dan Gabriel Cacuci, Handbook of Nuclear Engineering: Volume 2, page 1609:

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