Mathematics 【数】
- a curve or geometrical figure, each part of which has the same statistical character as the whole. They are useful in modelling structures (such as eroded coastlines or snowflakes) in which similar patterns recur at progressively smaller scales, and in describing partly random or chaotic phenomena such as crystal growth, fluid turbulence, and galaxy formation.分形。
- relating to or of the nature of a fractal or fractals（与）分形（有关）的：
fractal geometry.
分形几何。
词源
1970s: from French, from Latin fract- 'broken', from the verb frangere.