FRACTAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fractal mean? 

• FRACTAL (noun)
  The noun FRACTAL has 1 sense:

1. (mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry

  Familiarity information: FRACTAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRACTAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("fractal" is a kind of...):

form; pattern; shape (a perceptual structure)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

 Context examples 

"Our team developed a framework for engineering existing proteins into fractal shapes."

(New technique helps engineer water filters, human tissues, National Science Foundation)

The scientists used protein engineering software to design proteins that bind to each other; they form fractal, tree-like shapes in response to a biological stimulus, such as that in a cell, tissue or organism.

(New technique helps engineer water filters, human tissues, National Science Foundation)