Usually means: Loss of ductility in materials.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. embrittlement: Merriam-Webster
  2. embrittlement: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. embrittlement: Collins English Dictionary
  4. embrittlement: Wordnik
  5. embrittlement: Wiktionary
  6. embrittlement: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. embrittlement: Dictionary.com
  8. Embrittlement: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. embrittlement: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. embrittlement: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. embrittlement: Encyclopedia

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Embrittlement: A to Z of Terms related to the Thermal Spray Process and Surface Engineering
  4. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See embrittle as well.)

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noun:  The process of being embrittled; loss of flexibility or elasticity of a material.

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