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Where does “monofractal” come from?

monofractal (English) comes from English fractal, from French fractal, from Latin fractus, from Latin frangere, from Latin frangō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

monofractal (English): Describing a system that is fractal in only one...

Definitions

  1. Describing a system that is fractal in only one...

Ancestry of “monofractal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfractalA mathematical set that has a non-integer and...
2Frenchfractalfractal; Synonym of fractale
3Latinfractusbroken, shattered, having been broken;...
4Latinfrangeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5Latinfrangō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer
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