n.
Pronunciation: ' frak-t ə l
Function: noun
Etymology: French fractale, from Latin fract us broken, uneven (pp. of frangere to break) + French -ale -al (n. suffix)
Date: 1975
: any of various extremely irregular curves or shapes for which any suitably chosen part is similar in shape to a given larger or smaller part when magnified or reduced to the same size
– fractal adjective