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Definitions for Fractal
[1] a geometrical or physical structure having an irregular or fragmented shape at all scales of measurement between a greatest and smallest scale such that certain mathematical or physical properties of the structure, as the perimeter of a curve or the flow rate in a porous medium, behave as if the dimensions of the structure (fractal dimensions) are greater than the spatial dimensions.
[2] a figure or surface generated by successive subdivisions of a simpler polygon or polyhedron, according to some iterative process
[3] of, relating to, or involving such a process fractal geometry ; fractal curve
Words nearby Fractal
fracastoro, fracking, fracp, fracs, fractable, fractal, fracted, fraction, fractional, fractional crystallization, fractional currency
Origin of Fractal
< French fractale, equivalent to Latin frāct(us ) broken, uneven (see fractus) + -ale -al2; term introduced by French mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot (born 1924) in 1975
Word origin for Fractal
C20: from Latin frāctus past participle of frangere to break