Fragility may refer to:
* A property of a solid, related to
brittleness
A material is brittle if, when subjected to stress, it fractures with little elastic deformation and without significant plastic deformation. Brittle materials absorb relatively little energy prior to fracture, even those of high strength. ...
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Fragility (glass physics)
In glass physics, fragility characterizes how rapidly the dynamics of a material slows down as it is cooled toward the glass transition: materials with a higher fragility have a relatively narrow glass transition temperature range, while those ...
, a concept to characterize viscous slow down during glass formation
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''Fragility'' (film), a 2016 Swedish documentary
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Fragility Tour, a 1999 concert tour by Nine Inch Nails
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Financial fragility, the vulnerability of a financial system to a financial crisis
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White fragility, defensive responses by white people to racial stress
See also
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Fragility Index, in medical literature, a statistical metric used to assess test results
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Fragile States Index, an annual report assessing states' vulnerability to conflict or collapse
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Antifragility
Antifragility is a property of systems in which they increase in capability to thrive as a result of stressors, shocks, volatility, noise, mistakes, faults, attacks, or failures. The concept was developed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his book, '' ...
, a property of systems in which they increase in capability to thrive as a result of stressors
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