frangible

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Able to be broken; breakable, fragile.

   “A certain learned and curious Author gives us the following Characters or Properties of Glaſs, whereby it is diſtinguiſh'd from all other Bodies, viz. […] That it is frangible when thin, without annealing.”

2. isim Something that is breakable or fragile; especially something that is intentionally made so, such as a bullet.

   “Is there some law of nature that states that an assassin can only use one kind of ammunition? Couldn't he just as easily load a frangible bullet and a nonfrangible one into his magazine as two frangibles or two regular, hardened rounds?”