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Webster 1913 Edition
Fracture
Frac′ture
(?; 135)
, Noun.
1.
The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
2.
(Surg.)
The breaking of a bone.
3.
(Min.)
The texture of a freshly broken surface;
as, a compact
fracture
; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture
.These words denote different kinds of breaking, according to the objects to which they are applied. Fracture is applied to hard substances; as, the fracture of a bone. Rupture is oftener applied to soft substances; as, the rupture of a blood vessel. It is also used figuratively. “To be an enemy and once to have been a friend, does it not embitter the rupture?”
South.
Frac′ture
(?; 135)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Fractured
(#; 135)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
. Fracturing
.] [Cf. F.
fracturer
.] 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.Webster 1828 Edition
Fracture
FRAC'TURE
,Noun.
1.
A breach in any body, especially a breach caused by violence; a rupture of a solid body.2.
In surgery, the rupture or disruption of a bone. A fracture is simple or compound; simple, when the bone only is divided; compound, when the bone is broken, with a laceration of the integuments.3.
In mineralogy, the manner in which a mineral breaks, and by which its texture is displayed; as a compact fracture; a fibrous fracture; foliated, striated or conchoidal fracture, &c.FRAC'TURE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
fracture
fracture
See also: fracturé
English
Noun
fracture (plural fractures)
- the act of breaking, or something that has broken, especially that in bone or cartilage
- (geology) a fault or crack in a rock
Derived terms
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Translations
act of breaking, or something broken
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(geology) fault
Verb
fracture (third-person singular simple present fractures, present participle fracturing, simple past and past participle fractured)
- to break, or cause something to break
Translations
break
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Spanish
Verb
fracture
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of fracturar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of fracturar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of fracturar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of fracturar.