Adj. strong. unbreakable, indivisible; atomic. #328. Brittleness. -- N

unbreakable, indivisible; atomic.

{{property_of}} brittle object.

{{property_of: glass}}.

{{has_metaphor(brittle object)}} house of cards, house of glass.

{{property_of}} weak point, weak link, weak link in the chain.

V. be brittle.

be breakable, be fragile, be weak, be frail.

{{has_metaphor}} live in a glass house.

[tr. & intr.] {{has_subtype(separate, @R44)}} crack; crack open.

[tr. & intr.] {{has_subtype(separate, @R44)}} break, snap, split, shiver, sunder.

[tr. & intr.] {{has_subtype(separate, @R44)}} shatter, splinter.

break short, burst, fly, give way.

[intrans.] fall to pieces; crumble, crumble to dust, crumble into dust.

[transitive] smash; smash to pieces.

Adj. brittle.

breakable, weak, frangible, fragile, frail, delicate, brash [U.S.].

gimcrack[obs1], shivery, fissile.

splitting.

lacerable[obs3], splintery, crisp, crimp, short, brittle as glass.

Phr. break into smithereens.

#329. Structure. [[structure]]

N. {{has_subtype( (form) 240}} {{part_of(component, @P2.1.2)}} structure, organization, internal organization; fabric, construction; architecture.

{{part_of(constituent, @P2.1.4)}} constitution.

{[of(animal)]} anatomy.

foundation, carcass.

{{has_part}} frame, mold, framework, skeleton.

{{has_subtype}} stratification, layering, cleavage.

substance, stuff, compages[obs3].

{[of(living cell)]} parenchyma[Biol].

staple, organism.

{{studied_in}} {[of(bone)]} osteology.

{{studied_in}} {[of(muscle)]} myology.

{{studied_in}} {[of(nervous system/nerve)]} neurology.

{{studied_in}} {[of(blood vessel/vascular system)]} angiography.

internal texture, intertexture[obs3], contexture[obs3].

tissue, grain, web; warp and woof, warp and weft.

{{has_property(surface): tooth, nap &c. (roughness) 256; flatness (smoothness) 255}}.

{{has_property}} fineness of grain; coarseness of grain.

{{has_part: surface, P1.2.2.3.1.1}}.

{[of(chemical)]} structure, molecular structure.

{{has_representation(molecular structure)}} {{property_of(bidimensionality)}} structure, structural diagram.

{{has_representation(molecular structure)}} {{property_of(tridimensionality)}} molecular model.

{[of(living cell)]} cell structure.

{{studied_in(cell structure)}} histology.

<-- organography[obs3], splanchnology[obs3], adeology[obs3], adenography[obs3]. -->

Adj. structural, organizational; anatomic, anatomical.

internal, organic.

fine grained, coarse grained; fine, delicate, subtile, gossamery, filmy, silky, satiny; coarse; homespun.

rough, gritty; smooth.

smooth as silk, smooth as satin.
#330. Granularity.

N. granularity, fine division; sandiness; powderiness, pulverulence[obs3].

{{property_of(powderiness)}} powder, dust, shingle; seed, grain; sawdust; grit.

{{has_subtype(powder)}} meal, bran, flour, farina.

{{has_subtype(grain)}} rice.

spore, sporule[obs3]; crumb; limature[obs1], filings.

{{property_of(granularity)}} debris, detritus, tailings, talus slope, scobs[obs3], magistery[obs3], fine powder; flocculi[Lat].

{{has_member(powder): particle &c. (smallness) 32}}.

{{has_subtype(rice)}} paddy, padi.

{{property_of(sandiness): sand, @P2.3.1.1.4}}.

{{property_of}} filings; sawdust.

{{property_of}} smoke; cloud of dust, cloud of sand, cloud of smoke; puff of smoke, volume of smoke; sand storm, dust storm.

{{property_of(granularity)}} {{forms(filing, @P2.4.2.5.3)}} filings.

[rendering powdery] {{result_of}} pulverization, comminution.

{{result_of}} granulation, disintegration, subaction[obs3], contusion, trituration[Chem], levigation[obs3], multure[obs3]; limitation; tripsis[obs3]

{{formed_by(powder): @P2.4.2.5.3, filing, abrasion, detrition}}.

{{has_requirement(pulverization)}} pulverizability.

{{has_high_intensity(pulverizability)}} friability.

{{formed_by(powder)}} efflorescence.

{{uses(pulverization)}} grinder; shredder; mortar and pestle; nutmeg grater; teeth.

{{uses(pulverization)}} {{has_subtype(mill)}} churn, butter churn, hand mill, kern[obs3], quern[obs3], koniology[obs3].

{{has_subtype(grinder): mill, arrastra[obs3], gristmill; meat grinder}}.

{{has_part(gristmill): grindstone}}.

[transitive] pulverize, comminute, granulate, triturate, levigate[obs3]; reduce to powder, grind to powder.

[transitive] scrape, file, abrade, rub down, grind, grate, rasp.

[transitive] crush, cranch[obs3], craunch[obs3], crunch.

[intransitive] scranch[obs3], crumble, disintegrate.

{{has_method(crush): pound, bray, bruise; contuse, contund[obs3]; beat}}.

attenuate &c. 195.

Adj. powdery, pulverulent; finely divided.

granular, granulated.

sandy, gritty, arenose[obs3], arenarious[obs3], arenaceous[obs3], sabulous[obs3], psammous[obs3].

mealy, floury, farinaceous, branny[obs3], furfuraceous[obs3].

flocculent, dusty.

pulverized, powdered, ground.

filed, abraded, debrided, attrited[obs3]; in pieces.

{{required_for(pulverization)}} pulverizable, crushable; friable, crumbly, shivery.

{{has_high_intensity(pulverizable)}} {{emitted_by(water vapor)}} efflorescent.

<-- lepidote[obs3], sabuline[obs3]; sporaceous[obs3], sporous[obs3].

-->
P2.2.2.2 PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS

P2.2.2.2.1 Properties of Fluids In General..(R333 to R334)

<-- 333. Fluidity 334. Gaseity

-->

fluid, inelastic fluid; liquid, liquor; lymph, humor, juice, sap, serum, blood, serosity[obs3], gravy, rheum, ichor[obs3], sanies[obs3]; chyle[Med].

solubility, solubleness[obs3].

[Science of liquids at rest] hydrology, hydrostatics, hydrodynamics.

{{measured_by}} hydrometer, areometer[obs3].

V. be fluid &c. adj.; flow &c. (water in motion) 348; liquefy, melt, condense &c. 335.

Adj. liquid, fluid, serous, juicy, succulent, sappy; ichorous[obs3]; fluent &c. (flowing) 348.

liquefied &c. 335; uncongealed; soluble.

{{property_of}} elastic fluid, gas, vapor.

{{has_subtype(gas)}} air; steam; essence, fume, reek, effluvium, flatus.

{{property_of: cloud &c. 353}}.

ammonia, ammoniacal gas[obs3], volatile alkali.

vacuum, partial vacuum.

ether.

{{studied_in}} pneumatics, aerodynamics, fluid dynamics, pneumatostatics[obs3]; aerostatics[obs3].

{{measured_by: flowmeter, gasmeter[obs3], gasometer[obs3]}}.

{{formed_by}} vaporization, evaporation; sublimation; boiling; diffusion, gassification[obs3].

{{has_subtype(gas)}} {{consists_of(air): nitrogen; oxygen; argon; carbon dioxide; water vapor}}

gasify.

{{requires(vaporization)}} volatile, vaporizable, evaporable[obs3], flatulent.

335. Liquefaction 336. Vaporization

354. Pulpiness 355. Unctuousness

[[gel]]

We divide the Roget Semiliquidity into viscous liquids and gels, 352a.

-->

N. semifluidity.
<-- semiliquidity applies to a liquid which is viscous, but can still flow. This includes foods like soup and sauces. Semiliquids which do not flow readily are under the next section, gelatinousness . [[semiliquid]]-->

P2.2.2.2.2.1 Semiliquidity

#352. Semiliquidity. -- N. semiliquidity; viscosity, viscidity; mucosity[obs3]; spissitude[obs3], crassitude[obs3]; lentor[obs3].

{{property_of: @P2.3.1.3.1.2.7, glue, mucilage, adhesive}}.

{{has_subtype: @R327a, tenacity, adhesiveness}}.

{{property_of: @P2.3.1.3.1.2.7, fish glue, carlock[obs3]}}.

{{property_of}} mucus, phlegm, goo; lava.

{{property_of}} emulsion.

{{property_of: soup; @P2.3.1.3.2.17, sauce, gravy}}.

{{property_of}} squash, mud, slush, slime, ooze.

{{property_of: moisture &c. 339}}.

{{property_of}} pus.

{{property_of: cream; treacle, molasses}}.

{{has_high_intensity: R352a, gelatinousness, waxiness}}.

sinter.

half melted, half frozen.

muddy; soupy.

pussy, purulent; suppurating, suppurative.

milky, lacteal, lactean[obs3], lacteous[obs3], lactescent[obs3], lactiferous[obs3]; emulsive, curdled, succulent, uliginous[obs3].

slab, slabby[obs3]; lentous[obs1], pituitous[obs3].

mucoid, phlegmy, mucid[obs3], muculent[obs3], mucous.

{{has_subtype: resinous, R356a}}.

{{result_of}} thickening, setting, gelation, inspissation, incrassation[obs3].

{{property_of}} semisolid, gel, jell, gelatin, gluten; paste.

{{property_of}} extract.

isinglass.

{{property_of: @P2.3.1.3.2.16, jelly, jam, preserve; }}.

{{part_of{semisolid): marsh &c. 345}}.

{{property_of}} starch, gluten, glair[obs3]; gum, size.

{{property_of: agar gel, agar}}

V. gel.

clot.

semisolid.

{{property_of}} pulp, dough, curd, pap, pudding.

{{property_of}} poultice, rob[obs2], grume[obs3].

{{property_of}} {{has_subtype(food)}} mush; oatmeal; baby food; pabulum.

{{has_subtype(pulp)}} {{derived_from(pulp paper)}} wood pulp.

Adj. pulpy, mushy; doughy.

<-- pultaceous[obs3], grumous[obs3]; baccate[obs3]. -->

P2.2.2.2.2.4 Bubble

#353. Bubble.

N. bubble.

{{member_of}} {{has_large_quantity}} , foam, froth, head, spume, lather, suds.

effervescence, fermentation; bubbling &c. v.

V. bubble.

boil; foam, froth.

mantle, sparkle, guggle[obs3], gurgle.

effervesce, ferment, fizzle.

cavitate.

Adj. bubbling &c. v.; frothy, nappy[obs3], effervescent, sparkling, mousseux[French: frothy], up.
[[cloud]]

P2.2.2.2.2.5 Cloud

#353a. Cloud.

N. {{property_of(turbidity, R426a)}} cloud, vapor, fog, mist, haze; billow.

steam.

{{has_subtype(nebula): @P2.3.1.1.3, celestial nebula, astral nebula, galaxy, star cluster}}.

{[in_frame(weather/atmosphere)]} {{has_subtype(cloud): @P2.7.2.1.1 scud, nimbus; cumulus, cirrus; stratus; cirrostratus, cumulostratus; cirrocumulus; curl cloud; thunderhead}}.

{{studied_in(cloud)}} nephanalysis, cloud science, nephelognosy[obs3], nephology[obs3].

{{comprises(steam + water)}} geyser.

{{has_property: translucence, @R425}}.

{{has_property: cloudiness &c. (opacity) 426; nebulosity &c. (dimness) 422}}.

{{measured_by(scattering); nephelometer, turbidimeter}}.

{{has_measure(cloudiness)}} light scattering, scattering; degree of scattering.

{{similar_to}} spray, sea spray, surf, spindrift.

become overcast.

lubricity.

{{property_of: @R356, ointment, oil}}.

{{property_of: lubricant, R332)}}.

{{has_function}} anointment.

{{has_function(oil, R356): lubrication &c. 332}}.

soapiness.

{{property_of: grease, @R356b}}.

{{has_function(grease): lubrication &c. 332}}.

{{property_of: @356b, fat, lard; soap; butter}}.

Adj. fat, fatty, greasy, adipose, sebaceous; buttery, butyraceous; soapy, saponaceous[obs3]; pinguid, lardaceous[obs3]; slippery, slick.

V. grease.

saponify.

356. Oil

-->

"Trait" here, in the "physical universe" section, refers to the physically observable behavior which is a manifestation of the underlying personality. The personality qualities are listed separately as a mental phenomenon under Affections, R820, at M3.3.1. The concept of Habit, R613, at M7.1.1, is also retained as a general mental property under "Volition". -->

habit, habitual behavior, characteristic behavior.

P2.2.3.1.1 specific Character traits

[ref: person with particular characteristics P2.3.2.3.2.4].

P2.2.3.1.1.2 Negative Character Trait

should add size, strength, color, attractiveness, disability, etc. -->

childhood, boyhood, girlhood, youthhood[obs3]; incunabula; minority, nonage, tender age, bloom.

{{has_beginning}} birth.

{{has_temporal_part}} {{has_extreme}} infancy, babyhood.

{{has_temporal_part}} teens.

{{has_temporal_part}} puberty, pucelage[obs3].

{{has_metaphor(infancy)}} cradle, nursery.

{{has_temporal_part}} school days, pupilage.

prime of life, flower of life, springtime of life, springtide of life[obs3], seed-time of life, golden season of life, heyday of youth.

next generation, rising generation, the future of the world, the future of our country.

{{developmental_form_of: person}}.

{{precedes: adolescence}}.

teen; pubescent.

years, gray hairs, anility[obs3].

climacteric, grand climacteric, declining years, decrepitude, hoary age, caducity[obs3], superannuation; dotage.

vale of years, decline of life, "sear and yellow leaf" [Macbeth]; three-score years and ten; green old age, ripe age, ripe old age; time of life.

{{&co-occurs_with}} second childhood, second childishness.

{{has_extreme}} superannuation.

{{result_of}} longevity.

{{causes}} {{has_subtype(comparison)}} {{property_of(older)}} seniority, eldership.

{{property_of(seniority): @P2.3.2.3.2.4.32, firstling, firstborn; eldest}}.

doyen, father.

{{has_property(firstborn)}} primogeniture.

{{has_subtype(tradition)}} primogeniture.

{{studied_in}} geriatrics, nostology[obs1].

{{developmental_form_of: human}}.

{{antonym_of(@R130, @P2.3.2.3.2.4.12, elder, veteran): P2.3.2.3.2.4.11, infant}}.

{{trait_of: }}.

{{follows: adulthood, maturity}}.

{{&causes}} {{has_subtype(disease)}} senility, senile dementia; senescence.

{{has_instance(senile dementia): Alzheimer's disease}}.

matronly, anile[obs1].

ripe, mellow; gray, gray-headed; hoar, hoary; venerable, time-worn, antiquated.

passe, effete.

decrepit, superannuated, run to seed, declining, waning, past one's prime; advanced in life; stricken in years.

on in years, getting on in years, advanced in years.

long in the tooth, marked with the crow's foot, wrinkled; having one foot in the grave; like the last of pea time.

{{&causes(old age)}} senile, addled.

doting &c. (imbecile) 499.

older, elder, oldest, eldest; senior; firstborn; ichiban[Jap].

turned of, years old; of a certain age, no spring chicken, old as Methuselah; ancestral; patriarchal &c. (ancient) 124; gerontic[obs3].

spring of life.

{{developmental_form_of: human}}.

{{precedes: adulthood, maturity}}.

{{follows: youth}}.

{{property_of: @P2.3.2.3.2.4.11, adolescent, young adult, teenager}}.

{{property_of(adult, P2.3.2.3.2.4.33)}} adulthood, majority; adultism; adultness; manhood, virility, maturity full age, ripe age; flower of age; prime of life, meridian of life.

{{property_of: man &c. 373; woman &c. 374}}.

{{property_of}} adult, no chicken.

{{developmental_form_of: human}}.

{{follows: adolescence}}.

{{precedes: age}}.

V. come of age, come to man's estate, come to years of discretion; attain majority, assume the toga virilis[Lat]; have cut one's eyeteeth, have sown one's wild oats.

Adj. adult, grown up, mature, full grown, in one's prime, middle-aged; of age; of full age, of ripe age; out of one's teens; sexually mature.

{{has_property(male)}} manly, virile.

{{has_property(female)}} womanly, matronly; marriageable, nubile.
P2.2.3.2.5 spasticity

N. spasticity, lack of coordination.

{{has_symptom}} staggers, megrims, fit; carphology[obs3], chorea, floccillation[obs3].

epilepsy.

the jerks, St. Vitus's dance, tilmus[obs3].

{{has_symptom}} throb, palpitation.

{{has_symptom}} spasm, throe, convulsion.

convulsive, convulsing, epileptic; jerky, jerking, uncoordinated.

{{has_low_level}} perturbation, restlessness.

{{similar_to(restlessness): changeableness R149}}.

Adj. tumultuous, riotous, chaotic, agitated; disordered, disorderly.

{{has_low_level}} perturbed, restless.

[predicate adj] in tumult, in ferment, in chaos.