fracture

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< Old French < Latin fractura (a breach, fracture, cleft) < frangere (to break), pp. fractus; see fraction.

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  • IPA: /ˈfɹæk.tʃɘ/

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Singular
fracture

Plural
fractures

fracture (plural fractures)

  1. the act of breaking, or something that has broken, especially that in bone or cartilage
  2. (geology) a fault or crack in a rock

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Infinitive
to fracture

Third person singular
fractures

Simple past
fractured

Past participle
fractured

Present participle
fracturing

to fracture (third-person singular simple present fractures, present participle fracturing, simple past and past participle fractured)

  1. to break, or cause something to break

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fracture f. (plural fractures)

  1. fracture