FRACTAL


Meaning of FRACTAL in English

/ ˈfræktl; NAmE / noun

( mathematics , physics ) a curve or pattern that includes a smaller curve or pattern which has exactly the same shape

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WORD ORIGIN

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

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