Fractal

Quick meaning: Fractal is a noun meaning (mathematics) Having the form of a fractal; having to do with fractals.

Meaning

(mathematics) Having the form of a fractal; having to do with fractals.

More Meanings

1. (by extension, sometimes figurative) Exhibiting a fractal-like property.
2. (mathematics) A mathematical set that has a non-integer and constant Hausdorff dimension, corresponding to a geometric figure or object that is self-similar at arbitrarily small scales and thus has infinite complexity.
3. (by extension) An object, system, or idea that exhibits a fractal-like property, such as the property of self-similarity at numerous but not infinitely many scales.

Example Sentences

In essence, you are assuming that each segment of a company is a fractal of the whole[…]

A fractal situation emerges in this way then: the consequences of Ulysses' decision to abandon Calypso are not entirely predictable.

Romanesco was my gateway cauli and I've never stopped growing it. Not a variety as much as its own thing, Romanesco is a cauliflower to the French, a calabrese to the Italians. […] Visually, it may be the most remarkable thing you can grow: it is made up of lime-green mini-spirals that coil around themselves in fractal formation.

Word Forms

• fractals

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include affine, subfractal, semifractal, fractalization, superfractal, monofractal.

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