How to use fractal in a sentence
16 example sentences · noun, adjective
Fractal means a mathematical set that has a non-integer and constant Hausdorff dimension, corresponding to a geometric figure or object that is self-similar at arbitrarily small scales and thus has infinite complexity. Example: “A fractal situation emerges in this way then: the consequences of Ulysses' decision to abandon Calypso are not entirely predictable.”
Examples of fractal by meaning
adjectiveExhibiting a fractal-like property.
- A fractal situation emerges in this way then: the consequences of Ulysses' decision to abandon Calypso are not entirely predictable.2007, Vincent Spina, “Three Central American writers: alone between two cultures”, in Carlota Caulfield, Darién J. Davis, editors...
More sentences with fractal
- These asperities are distributed in a fractal manner and each fault contains small and large asperities.2011, Victor Gioncu, Federico M. Mazzolani, “Earthquakes and Ground Motions”, in Earthquake Engineering for Structural Design, Abingdon…. From the entry asperity
- The location of ambulances is based on the concept of fractal, rather than average response times.2011, City of Houston, HFD Emergency Medical Services. From the entry fractal response time
- Measuring the response time of all sectors of the city derives the fractal response time.2011, City of Houston, HFD Emergency Medical Services. From the entry fractal response time
- Its fractal dimension indicates the extent to which white noise occupies 2-D space.2005, John G. Holden, Gauging the Fractal Dimension of Response Times from Cognitive Tasks. From the entry fractal dimension
- In effect, he is the fractal version of the progressivist blank screen on which hallucinatory images can be projected.2017 April 24, David Solway, “Who Is Obama?”, in Thomas Lifson, editor, American Thinker, El Cerrito, Calif., →OCLC, archived from the…. From the entry Obamerica
- This results in a less jagged trial series, and lower fractal dimensions that fall in the interval between 1 and 1.5.2005, John G. Holden, Gauging the Fractal Dimension of Response Times from Cognitive Tasks. From the entry fractal dimension
- These beings are like fractal reflections of some previously hidden and suddenly autonomous part of one's own psyche.1983 December, Terence McKenna, “Tryptamine Hallucinogens and Consciousness”, in The Archaic Revival: Speculations on Psychedelic…. From the entry machine elf
- It is the seed of potential that nestles deep within us, containing the fractal image of who we really are and what we can become.2008, Lisa Tenzin-Dolma, Mind & Motivation: The Spirit of Success, U.K.: Phoenix Rising Press, →ISBN, page 64. From the entry entelechy
- White noise yields a jagged and irregular line with a fractal dimension of 1.5, because successive observations are statistically independent of each other.2005, John G. Holden, Gauging the Fractal Dimension of Response Times from Cognitive Tasks. From the entry white noise
- For instance instead of puny ordinary Dyson spheres, Brin gives us fractal Dyson spheres to maximise the surface area for their trillions of inhabitants.1999, Gary Wilkinson, Heaven's Reach review, Vector, Number 207, September/October 1999, page 21. From the entry sensawunda
- They first calculated the fractal dimension containing ductal lumens and then they analyzed the fractal details of the ductal network in galactograms to detect early signs of cancerous tissues.2015, Alireza Shirazinodeh et al., “Detection and classification of Breast Cancer in Wavelet Sub-bands of Fractal Segmented Cancerous…. From the entry galactogram
- The design, by Lab Architecture Studio and Bates Smart, has shardlike clusters of buildings with fractal triangular designs on the facade in glass, zinc and sandstone.2007 September 23, Carrie Hutchinson, “Design Within Reach”, in New York Times. From the entry shardlike
- Those sites and the other aspects of fractals' wide acceptance in the general population may provide serious fractalists with a quick ego-trip, but what about the morning after?2002, Benoit Mandelbrot, Gaussian Self-Affinity and Fractals, page 29. From the entry fractalist
- This creates a pattern of homesteading in the noosphere that rather resembles that of settlers spreading into a physical frontier—not random, but like a diffusion-limited fractal.2001 [1999], Eric S. Raymond, “Homesteading the Noosphere”, in The Cathedral and the Bazaar, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 92. From the entry noosphere
- Can you make a fractal equivalent of the “Auditory Penrose Staircase,” the illusion of a steadily descending tone, by zooming in on a fractal as it branches?1984 February, Monte Davis, “Profile of Benoit B. Mandelbrot”, in Omni, →ISSN, page 9. From the entry Penrose staircase
Meaning of fractal
- noun A mathematical set that has a non-integer and constant Hausdorff dimension, corresponding to a geometric figure or object that is self-similar at arbitrarily small scales and thus has infinite complexity.
- noun An object, system, or idea that exhibits a fractal-like property, such as the property of self-similarity at numerous but not infinitely many scales.
- adjective Having the form of a fractal; having to do with fractals.
Questions about fractal in a sentence
- How do you use fractal in a sentence?
- Fractal is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “A fractal situation emerges in this way then: the consequences of Ulysses' decision to abandon Calypso are not entirely predictable.”
- What is a short sentence with fractal?
- “Its fractal dimension indicates the extent to which white noise occupies 2-D space.”
- What does fractal mean?
- Fractal means a mathematical set that has a non-integer and constant Hausdorff dimension, corresponding to a geometric figure or object that is self-similar at arbitrarily small scales and thus has infinite complexity.
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