Fracture

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfɹæk.tʃɘ/

Origin

From Old French, from Latin fractura ("a breach, fracture, cleft"), from frangere ("to break"), past participle fractus, from Proto-Indo-European *bÊ°rag-, from whence also English break. See fraction.

Full definition of fracture

Noun

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

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

Related terms

• fractal
• fraction
• fragment

Verb

1. to break, or cause something to break