fracture

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 External links 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfɹæk.tʃɘ/

[edit] Noun

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

[edit] Derived terms

• compound fracture
• fracture mechanics
• greenstick fracture
• hairline fracture
• incomplete fracture
• Jones fracture
• simple fracture
• Smith's fracture
• stress fracture
• tracheal fracture
• vowel fracture

[edit] Related terms

• fractal
• fraction
• fragment

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

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

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• fracture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• fracture in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

fracture f. (plural fractures)

1. fracture