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frag·ile [ˈfræʤaɪl, Am -əl] ADJ
1. fragile (breakable):
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2. fragile (unstable):
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Because many entropy sources are often quite fragile, and fail silently, statistical tests on their output should be performed continuously.
en.wikipedia.org Despite being found in fragile pieces, they were both reconstructed and are on display at the on-site museum.
en.wikipedia.org Having been abandoned by her last master, she is very sensitive and fragile.
en.wikipedia.org Cinnabar is a heavy, fragile and quickly worn mineral.
en.wikipedia.org The fragile glass sponges, with scaffolding of silica spicules, are restricted to polar regions and the ocean depths where predators are rare.
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www.swissfilms.ch Remembering 9/11, the film looks forward to changes that are bound to come to our cities, and emphasises the fragile balance between our need for security and our longing for freedom.
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Der Rückblick auf 9/11 schaut in die Zukunft, auf kommende Veränderungen in unseren Städten und thematisiert die zerbrechliche Balance zwischen unserem Bedürfnis nach Sicherheit und dem Wunsch nach Freiheit.
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www.sixpackfilm.com As a result The Silence of Green is a political and metaphysical reflection in which marvellous and fragile images turn the many layers of reality into an edifying and moving drama.
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So wird The Silence of Green zu einer politischen und metaphysischen Reflexion, deren großartige und zerbrechliche Bilder die Vielschichtigkeit des Wirklichen zu einem erbaulichen und ergreifenden Schauspiel machen.
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www.hrobsky.at "My work is strongly influenced by investigating the culture of dwellings, by the fragile constructions of archaic peoples and nomads, questions of migration, of excessive urbanisation and the relation between metropolis and nature.
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"Meine Arbeit ist stark beeinflusst von Untersuchungen über die Kultur der Behausungen, von den zerbrechlichen Konstruktionen archaischer Völker und Nomaden, Fragen der Migration, der exzessiven Urbanisierung und der Relation zwischen Metropole und Natur.
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www.donaufestival.at we will proclaim vehement visual, sonic, and vocal manifestos against a world that we hate and draft fragile, tender declarations of love to a world that we dream of and believe can become reality.
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wir werden bild-, ton- und wortgewaltige Manifeste gegen eine Welt, die wir hassen, errichten und werden zerbrechlich zarte Liebeserklärungen an eine Welt, von der wir träumen und von der wir glauben, dass sie Realität werden könnte, formulieren.
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www.hvu-online.de They live in places which have never been threatened by flooding before ( at least not in living memory ), and now a gigantic lake lies at the doors of their fragile houses.
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Sie leben in Orten, die noch nie ( zumindest in der Erinnerung Lebender ) von einer Flut bedroht wurden; und nun steht ein riesiger See vor den Türen ihrer zerbrechlichen Häuser.
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