Definition of fracture

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Fracture (n.) The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture..

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Segregate :: Segregate (v. i.) To separate from a mass, and collect together about centers or along lines of fracture, as in the process of crystallization or solidification..
Resin :: Resin (n.) Any one of a class of yellowish brown solid inflammable substances, of vegetable origin, which are nonconductors of electricity, have a vitreous fracture, and are soluble in ether, alcohol, and essential oils, but not in water; specif., pine resin (see Rosin)..
Anfracture :: Anfracture (n.) A mazy winding.
Bilge :: Bilge (v. i.) To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge.
Glass :: Glass (v. t.) A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or silica with lime, potash, soda, or lead oxide. It is used for window panes and mirrors, for articles of table and culinary use, for lenses, and various articles of ornament..
Glazy :: Glazy (a.) Having a glazed appearance; -- said of the fractured surface of some kinds of pin iron.
Reduction :: Reduction (v. t.) The operation of restoring a dislocated or fractured part to its former place.
Callus :: Callus (n.) The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistence, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece..
Break :: Break (v. t.) An opening made by fracture or disruption.
Fracture :: Fracture (n.) The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
Frangent :: Frangent (a.) Causing fracture; breaking.
Lintel :: Lintel (n.) A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) The ruins of a ship stranded; a ship dashed against rocks or land, and broken, or otherwise rendered useless, by violence and fracture; as, they burned the wreck..
Ride :: Ride (v. t.) To overlap (each other); -- said of bones or fractured fragments.
Infract :: Infract (a.) Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole.
Fracture :: Fracture (v. t.) 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..
Asphaltum :: Asphaltum (n.) Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated, leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many parts of Asia, Europe, and America. See Bitumen..
Refracture :: Refracture (n.) A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon.
Fractural :: Fractural (a.) Pertaining to, or consequent on, a fracture..
Felsite :: Felsite (n.) A finegrained rock, flintlike in fracture, consisting essentially of orthoclase feldspar with occasional grains of quartz..
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