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frac·tal
Pronunciation: frak-t'l
Function: noun
Etymology: French
fractale, from Latin fractus broken, uneven (past
participle of frangere, to break) + French -ale - al (noun suffix)
Date of first use:
1975
: Any of various extremely
irregular curves or shapes for which any suitably
chosen part is similar in shape to a given larger or smaller part when
magnified or reduced to the same size.
(source: Merriam-Webster)
Fractal art is the visual depiction of
complex mathematical
equations.
Fractal geometry is to a digital artist
as a brush is to a
painter: a tool for the expression of visual ideas.
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