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fractural
Variant of fracture
noun
- a breaking or being broken
- a break, crack, or split
- a break in a body part, esp. in a bone, or a tear in a cartilage
- the texture, shape, etc. of the broken surface of a mineral as distinct from when it breaks along its cleavage plane: conchoidal fracture
transitive verb, intransitive verb fractured, fracturing
- to break, crack, or split
- to break up; disrupt
Related Forms:
- fractural adjective
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