mono-fracture

Noun

mono-fracture (countable and uncountable, plural mono-fractures)

1. (countable) A joint or fracture that represents a single line or plane of slippage.
   • ... high confining pressure is associated with the closed short joint type, occuring ^([sic]) as a disperse cataclasm, whereas low confining pressure will cause the single closed extensive cleavage joint (mono-fracture).1967, International Society for Rock Mechanics, Proceedings of the First Congress
   • The Joints occur in sets either as single mono-fractures or as groups of fractures located within zones of high and low intensity.1982, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Melbourne Conference, page 87
2. (uncountable) The process of breaking down a complex process or entity into multiple repeatable steps or units.
   • To a much greater degree than Roman slavery, the specialism of mechanized industry and market organization has faced Western man with the challenge of manufacture by mono-fracture, or the tackling of all things and operations one-bit-at-a-time.1966, Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media: Extensions Man, page 73
   • Mechanization of any process is achieved by fragmentation, beginning with the mechanization of writing by movable types, which has been called the “mono-fracture of manufacture.”2011, Rick Wilber, Future Media, →ISBN, page 422