FRACTAL | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Fractal

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

1970s: from French, from Latin fract- ‘broken’, from the verb frangere

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈfraktl
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a curve or geometrical figure, each part of which has the same statistical character as the whole. They are useful in modelling structures (such as snowflakes) in which similar patterns recur at progressively smaller scales, and in describing partly random or chaotic phenomena such as crystal growth and galaxy formation.

Short Definition:

curve or geometrical figure, each part

Word: Fractal

Speech Type: Adjective

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈfraktl
Dialects: British English
Definition:

relating to or of the nature of a fractal or fractals

Short Definition:

relating to or of nature of fractal or fractals

Examples:
  • fractal geometry

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