different between fractal vs fracture

English

Etymology

From French fractal, from Latin fractus (“broken”), perfect passive participle of frang? (“break, fragment”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?f?æk.t?l/

Noun

fractal (plural fractals)

1. (mathematics) A mathematical set that has a non-integer and constant Hausdorff dimension; a geometric figure that is self-similar at all scales.
2. (figuratively) An object, system, or idea that exhibits a fractal-like property.
   • 1999, John J. McGonagle, Carolyn M. Vella, The Internet Age of Competitive Intelligence, ?ISBN.

     In essence, you are assuming that each segment of a company is a fractal of the whole […]

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:fractal

Derived terms

• fractal dimension
• multifractal

Translations

Adjective

fractal (not comparable)

1. (mathematics) Having the form of a fractal.
2. (figuratively) Exhibiting a fractal-like property.
   • 2007, Vincent Spina, "Three Central American writers: alone between two cultures" in Carlota Caulfield, Darién J. Davis (eds) Companion to United States Latino Literatures, ?ISBN.

     A fractal situation emerges in this way then: the consequences of Ulysses' decision to abandon Calypso are not entirely predictable.

3. (heraldry) Having a broken part

Derived terms

• fractal antenna
• fractal dimension
• fractal response time

Translations

See also

• fractal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mandelbrot set
• Julia set

Anagrams

• flatcar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /f??k?tal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /f?ak?tal/
• Rhymes: -al

Noun

fractal f (plural fractals)

1. fractal

Adjective

fractal (masculine and feminine plural fractals)

1. fractal

French

Etymology

Coined by Benoît Mandelbrot in 1975, from Latin fractus +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?ak.tal/

Adjective

fractal (feminine singular fractale, masculine plural fractaux, feminine plural fractales)

1. fractal

Noun

fractal m (plural fractals or fractaux)

1. (rare) Synonym of fractale

Further reading

• “fractal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Noun

fractal m (plural fractais)

1. (mathematics) fractal (self-similar geometric figure)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?a??tal/, [f?a???t?al]

Adjective

fractal (plural fractales)

1. fractal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French fracture, from Latin fract?ra (“a breach, fracture, cleft”), from frangere (“to break”), past participle fractus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?reg-, from whence also English break. See fraction. Doublet of fraktur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?æk.t??/, /?f?æk.tj?/

Noun

fracture (plural fractures)

1. An instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.
2. (medicine) A break in bone or cartilage.
3. (geology) A fault or crack in a rock.

Derived terms

Related terms

• fractal
• fraction
• fragment

Translations

Verb

fracture (third-person singular simple present fractures, present participle fracturing, simple past and past participle fractured)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To break, or cause something to break.
2. (transitive, slang) To amuse (a person) greatly; to split someone's sides.

Translations

Further reading

• fracture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• fracture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

From Middle French fracture, from late Old French fracture, borrowed from Latin fract?ra. Compare the inherited Old French fraiture, and the frainture (influenced by fraindre).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?ak.ty?/

Noun

fracture f (plural fractures)

1. fracture

Related terms

• fraction

Descendants

• ? Romanian: fractur?

Further reading

• “fracture” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Participle

fr?ct?re

1. vocative masculine singular of fr?ct?rus

Spanish

Verb

fracture

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of fracturar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of fracturar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of fracturar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of fracturar.