plural of fractal

(number theory) A representation of a rational number as a sum of distinct unit fractions. / (number theory, rare) A unit fraction.

(arithmetic) A fraction whose numerator is 1 and whose denominator is a positive integer; for example, 1/2 or 1/7.

(mathematics, number theory) A compound numerical expression consisting of an integer plus a fraction whose numerator is a positive integer and whose denominator is a continued fraction (an integer plus a fraction), and so on, with finite or infinite recursion.

(mathematics) Any of a family of fractal shapes generated iteratively from a given irrational number

A fraction typeset as one glyph. For example, ½ rather than 1/2.

(arithmetic) A proper or improper fraction the denominator of which is a power of ten and the decimal representation of which is a terminating decimal number.

(medicine) Any fracture of a bone (most often a load-bearing bone such as a vertebra) caused by compression

(mathematics) Any of several fractions to the sum of which a single fraction is equal.

Alternative spelling of fracking