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bri·nell hardness \brə̇ˈnel-, ˈbriˌn-\ noun Usage: usually capitalized B Etymology: after Johann A. Brinell died 1925 Swedish engineer : the hardness of a metal or alloy measured by a manually operated vertical hydraulic press in which a hard steel or carbide ball of standard size (as 10 millimeters in diameter) is pressed with a standard load (as 3000 kilograms) into the specimen of metal or alloy under test, the resistance to penetration being expressed by a number denoting the applied load in kilograms divided by the spherical area of indentation in square millimeters |