Definition of Fractals

1. fractal [n] - See also: fractal

Medical Definition of Fractals

1. Patterns (real or mathematical) which look similar at different scales, for example the network of airways in the lung which shows similar branching patterns at progressively higher magnifications. Natural fractals are self-similar across a finite range of scales while mathematical fractals are the same across an infinite range. Many natural, including biological, structures are fractal (or fractal-like). Fractals are related to "chaos" (see nonlinear dynamics) in that chaotic processes can produce fractal structures in nature, and appropriate representations of chaotic processes usually reveal self-similarity over time. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fractals

frabbed
frabbing
frabbit
frabjous
frabs
fracas
fracases
fracid
frack
fracking
frackings
FRACP
fract
fractal
fractals (current term)
fractals (current term)
fractal geometry
fracted
fracti
fracting
fraction
fraction
fractional
fractional
fractionalize
fractionalized
fractionalizes
fractionalizing
fractionally
fractional condensation

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