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Word: Fracture
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: from French, or from Latin fractura, from frangere ‘to break’
ˈfraktʃə
the cracking or breaking of a hard object or material
Short Definition:cracking or breaking of something hard
Examples:- ground movements could cause fracture of the pipe
the replacement of a simple vowel by a diphthong owing to the influence of a following sound, typically a consonant.
Short Definition:replacement of simple vowel by diphthong
Word: Fracture
Speech Type: Verb
ˈfraktʃə
break or cause to break
Short Definition:break or cause to break
Examples:- the stone has fractured
- ancient magmas fractured by the forces of wind and ice
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