frangible's Usage Examples:

branches must according to the above law correspond to the most refrangible of the doublets of the trunk, and if the components of the doublets have different intensities the stronger components must lie on different sides in the trunk and branch series.

the conversion of short waves of light into longer or less refrangible waves, had been shown by Sir G.

According to an important law discovered by Rydberg and shortly afterwards independently by the writer, the frequency of the common root of the two branches is obtained by subtracting the frequency of the root of the trunk from that of its least refrangible and strongest member.

The least Refrangible Rays are all disposed to exhibit a Red colour, and contrarily those Rays, which are disposed to exhibit a Red colour, are all the least Refrangible: So the most refrangible Rays are all disposed to exhibit a deep Violet Colour, and contrarily those which are apt to exhibit such a violet colour are all the most Refrangible.

The fact that benzene and its derivatives are remarkable for their powerful absorption of the most refrangible rays, and for some characteristic absorption bands appearing on dilution, led Hartley to a more extended examination of some of the more complicated organic substances.

In both cases an increased number of carbon atoms increases the absorption at the most refrangible end.

It will also be noticed that the least refrangible of the doublets of the 1 Astrophys.

According to the above law the least refrangible member of the trunk being double, there must be two roots for the branches, and this is found to be the case.

The lines of the trunk series are double but for the sake of shortness the least refrangible component is here omitted.

The cadmium line having a wave-length of 2288 A broadens by pressure equally in both directions, but if mercury be added the broadening is more marked on the less refrangible side.

to the frequency of the least refrangible member of the trunk series.

Synonyms:

breakable,

Antonyms:

unbreakable, unbreakableness,