fractal

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I just wonder if the fractal is the best possible analogy for the new forms of learning, especially Mandelbrot.

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  1. noun A geometric pattern that is repeated at ever smaller scales to produce irregular shapes and surfaces that cannot be represented by classical geometry. Fractals are used especially in computer modeling of irregular patterns and structures in nature.

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  • He himself coined the technical name fractal, and is now putting up a spirited rearguard action to stop anyone from defining it too precisely. —  The Ghost from the Grand Banks
  • I just wonder if the fractal is the best possible analogy for the new forms of learning, especially Mandelbrot. —  Comments for Teemu Arina
  • Using your Macintosh and jalada Fractual, you'll be able to see for yourself what a fractal is and how it is created. —  MacUpdate - Mac OS X
  • So at each scale, at each level, we see increasing detail so that they're like a fractal, which is at every detail ... —  CNN Transcript Jul 2, 2004
  • a fractal is the signature left behind from complexity in employment: our employment patterns follow the same structures —  change therapy
 

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  1. French, from Latin frāctus, past participle of frangere, to break; see fraction.
 

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