different between fractal vs fragile

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 Middle French fragile, from Latin fragilis, formed on frag-, the root of frangere (“to break”). Cognate fraction, fracture and doublet of frail.

Pronunciation

• (UK, General Australian, Canada) IPA^(key): /?f?æd?a?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?f?æd??l/
• Rhymes: -æd??l

Adjective

fragile (comparative fragiler or more fragile, superlative fragilest or most fragile)

1. Easily broken or destroyed, and thus often of subtle or intricate structure.

   The chemist synthesizes a fragile molecule.

   The UN tries to maintain the fragile peace process in the region.

   He is a very fragile person and gets easily depressed.

2. (Britain) Feeling weak or easily disturbed as a result of illness.

Synonyms

• friable
• breakly
• breakable
• destroyable
• destructible
• See also Thesaurus:fragile

Antonyms

• durable
• unbreakable
• undestroyable
• indestructible
• antifragile

Derived terms

• fragilely

Related terms

• fractal
• fraction
• fractional
• fracture
• fragility
• frail
• frailty
• frangible

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fragilis. Doublet of frêle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?a.?il/
• Homophone: fragiles

Adjective

fragile (plural fragiles)

1. fragile

Related terms

• fragiliser
• fragilité

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• giflera

German

Adjective

fragile

1. inflection of fragil:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fragilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fra.d??i.le/
• Hyphenation: frà?gi?le

Adjective

fragile (plural fragili)

1. fragile

Derived terms

• fragilmente
• infragilire

Related terms

• frale
• fragilità

Further reading

• fragile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Adjective

fragile

1. nominative neuter singular of fragilis
2. accusative neuter singular of fragilis
3. vocative neuter singular of fragilis