Definition:
fracture
- fractureA crack or break in a hard object or material, typically a bone or a body of rock
- fractureto break (to shatter or damage)
- fractureThe cracking or breaking of a hard object or material
- fractureA diphthong substituted in this way
- fractureThe physical appearance of a freshly broken rock or mineral, esp. as regards the shape of the surface formed
- fractureThe replacement of a simple vowel by a diphthong owing to the influence of a following sound, typically a consonant