Designed to prevent or resist breaking or damage.
From anti- (against) + breakage (the act of breaking). The prefix anti- comes from Greek, meaning 'against' or 'opposed to', while breakage is from the verb 'break' combined with -age (a suffix indicating action or result).
This word perfectly captures how product engineering evolved—once manufacturers could only fix things after they broke, but modern innovation focuses on preventing breakage before it happens, fundamentally changing how we design everything from phones to airplane wings.
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