Definitions for fracture
ˈfræk tʃərfrac·ture

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fracture, breaknoun

   breaking of hard tissue such as bone

   "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"

2. fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, breaknoun

   (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

   "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"

3. fracture, crack, crackingverb

   the act of cracking something

4. fractureverb

   violate or abuse

   "This writer really fractures the language"

5. fractureverb

   interrupt, break, or destroy

   "fracture the balance of power"

6. fractureverb

   break into pieces

   "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle"

7. fractureverb

   become fractured

   "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe"

8. fractureverb

   break (a bone)

   "She broke her clavicle"

9. fracture, breakverb

   fracture a bone of

   "I broke my foot while playing hockey"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fracturenoun

   the act of breaking, or something that has broken, especially that in bone or cartilage

2. fracturenoun

   a fault or crack in a rock

3. fractureverb

   to break, or cause something to break

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FRACTUREnoun

   Etymology: fractura, Latin.

   1. Breach; separation of continuous parts.

   That may do it without any great fracture of the more stable and fixed parts of nature, or the infringement of the laws thereof. Matthew Hale, Origin of Mankind.

   2. The separation of the continuity of a bone in living bodies.

   But thou wilt sin and grief destroy,
   That so the broken bones may joy,
   And tune together in a well-set song,
   Full of his praises,
   Who dead men raises;
   Fractures well cur’d, make us more strong. George Herbert.

   Fractures of the scull are dangerous, not in consequence of the injury done to the cranium itself, but as the brain becomes affected. Samuel Sharp, Surgery.

2. To Fractureverb

   To break a bone.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   The leg was dressed, and the fractured bones united together. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fracture

   Fracture is the separation of an object or material into two or more pieces under the action of stress. The fracture of a solid usually occurs due to the development of certain displacement discontinuity surfaces within the solid. If a displacement develops perpendicular to the surface, it is called a normal tensile crack or simply a crack; if a displacement develops tangentially, it is called a shear crack, slip band or dislocation.Brittle fractures occur with no apparent deformation before fracture. Ductile fractures occur after visible deformation. Fracture strength, or breaking strength, is the stress when a specimen fails or fractures. The detailed understanding of how a fracture occurs and develops in materials is the object of fracture mechanics.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fracture

   A fracture refers to the breaking or cracking of a hard object or material such as a bone, typically due to high pressure or force. In medicine, it specifically refers to a break in the continuity of the bone. Fractures can range from minor thin cracks to complete breaks. It can be caused by falls, sports injuries, car accidents, or disease such as osteoporosis.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fracturenoun

   the act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach

2. Fracturenoun

   the breaking of a bone

3. Fracturenoun

   the texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture

4. Fractureverb

   to cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as, to fracture a bone; to fracture the skull

5. Etymology: [Cf. F. fracturer.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fracture

   A fracture is the separation of an object or material into two, or more, pieces under the action of stress. The fracture of a solid almost always occurs due to the development of certain displacement discontinuity surfaces within the solid. If a displacement develops in this case perpendicular to the surface of displacement, it is called a normal tensile crack or simply a crack; if a displacement develops tangentially to the surface of displacement, it is called a shear crack, slip band, or dislocation. The word fracture is often applied to bones of living creatures, or to crystals or crystalline materials, such as gemstones or metal. Sometimes, in crystalline materials, individual crystals fracture without the body actually separating into two or more pieces. Depending on the substance which is fractured, a fracture reduces strength or inhibits transmission of light. A detailed understanding of how fracture occurs in materials may be assisted by the study of fracture mechanics. A fracture is also the term used for a particular mask data preparation procedure within the realm of integrated circuit design that involves transposing complex polygons into simpler shapes such as trapezoids and rectangles.

CrunchBaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fracture

   Fracture is a digital printing startup aiming to change the way people create and buy wall decor. We print images directly onto glass.Fracture’s goal is to use the power of the internet and the creative talent of their consumers to manufacture personalized wall decor that has been unattainable till now. Leveraging the efficiency and scale of existing printing technology, Fracture’s end game is to have consumers saying ” I never thought I could make something like that, or that I could afford it”.

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1. fracture

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How to pronounce fracture?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fracture in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fracture in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of fracture in a Sentence

1. Trina Abrams:

   The doctor diagnosed him with a possible left wrist fracture, he had a confirmed sprain in one of his wrists.

2. Wendy Williams:

   When he shaves off his mustache, he's got a hairline fracture, he's got one of those, what do you call it, cleft lip, cleft palate.

3. Shawn Redd:

   I know our message resonates, with the personal relationships that I have with thousands of people among Navajo Nation and the twelve other tribes, there is no doubt that I will fracture the native vote, and if I fracture the native vote, the Democrats will not win.

4. Peter Davis:

   From the satellite data, we're seeing these big fractures spreading across the ice shelf surface, essentially weakening the fabric of the ice ; kind of a bit like a windscreen crack, it's slowly spreading across the ice shelf and eventually it's going to fracture into lots of different pieces.

5. United States:

   This is a major public health problem in the US. One out of two women age 50 and older will develop an osteoporosis-related fracture in their remaining lifetime, it's really important that patients with osteoporosis be evaluated for the many underlying factors that contribute to osteoporosis to see if there's any reversible causes.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fracture
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fracture
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=fracture
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fracture
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fracture
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=fracture
8. ^ CrunchBase
   https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/fracture