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fracture

17 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) fracture (noun)
  2. 2) fracture (verb)
  3. fracture cleavage (noun)
  4. fracture plane (noun)
  5. fracture zone (noun)
  6. comminuted fracture (noun)
  7. compound fracture (noun)
  8. detail fracture (noun)
  9. engine burn fracture (noun)
  10. freeze fracture (noun)
  11. gash fracture (noun)
  12. greenstick fracture (noun)
  13. shear fracture (noun)
  14. simple fracture (noun)
  15. stress fracture (noun)
  16. zone of combined fracture and flow
  17. zone of fracture

1frac·ture

noun \ˈfrak-chər, -shər\

Definition of FRACTURE

1
: the result of fracturing : break
2
a : the act or process of breaking or the state of being broken; especially : the breaking of hard tissue (as bone) b : the rupture (as by tearing) of soft tissue <kidney fracture>
3
: the general appearance of a freshly broken surface of a mineral
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Examples of FRACTURE

  1. a fracture in the Earth's crust
  2. She suffered a wrist fracture when she slipped on the ice.

Origin of FRACTURE

Middle English, from Latin fractura, from fractus
First Known Use: 15th century

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Rhymes with FRACTURE

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