mono-fractures

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
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