transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfrak-t ə l ]
noun
Etymology: French fractale, from Latin fract us broken, uneven (past participle 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