Australian English Meaning of fracture

fracture

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Definitions and Meaning of fracture in English

Wordnet

fracture (n)

breaking of hard tissue such as bone

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

the act of cracking something

Wordnet

fracture (v)

violate or abuse

interrupt, break, or destroy

break into pieces

become fractured

break (a bone)

fracture a bone of

Webster

fracture (n.)

The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.

The breaking of a bone.

The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture.

Webster

fracture (v. t.)

To cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as, to fracture a bone; to fracture the skull.

FAQs About the word fracture

fracture

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fractural => fracture, fractiousness => Fussiness, fractiously => fractiously, fractious => fractious, fractionation => Fractionation,