Usually means: Self-similar patterns at every scale.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. fractal: Merriam-Webster
  2. fractal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fractal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. fractal: Collins English Dictionary
  5. fractal: Vocabulary.com
  6. Fractal, fractal: Wordnik
  7. fractal: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. fractal: Wiktionary
  9. fractal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. fractal: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. fractal: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. fractal: Dictionary.com
  13. fractal: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Fractal (disambiguation), Fractal (software), Fractal (video game), Fractal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. fractal: Rhymezone
  16. fractal: FreeDictionary.org
  17. fractal: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. fractal: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. fractal: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fractal: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Fractal: Investopedia
  3. Fractal: Financial dictionary
  4. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. fractal: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. fractal: Netlingo
  3. Fractal: Game Dictionary
  4. fractal: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. FRACTAL: Acronym Finder
  2. fractal: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. A Glossary of Mathematical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Fractal: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  3. The Computational Beauty of Nature (No longer online)
  4. Fractal: Extragalactic Astronomy
  5. fractal: PlanetMath Encyclopedia
  6. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fractal: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. fractal: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  3. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

(Note: See fractals as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (mathematics) A mathematical set that has a non-integer and constant Hausdorff dimension, corresponding to a geometric figure or object that is self-similar at arbitrarily small scales and thus has infinite complexity.
noun:  (by extension) An object, system, or idea that exhibits a fractal-like property, such as the property of self-similarity at numerous but not infinitely many scales.
adjective:  (mathematics) Having the form of a fractal; having to do with fractals.
adjective:  (by extension, sometimes figurative) Exhibiting a fractal-like property.

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