Fractal
noun
A complex pattern that repeats itself at any scale.
The beautiful snowflake pattern was actually a fractal, repeating itself on smaller and smaller scales.
Often appears as...
- fractal geometry
- fractal pattern
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Technical
adjective
Describing something that has a regular or consistent pattern as it is magnified or reduced.
The fractal design in the painting drew the viewer's eye in with its intricate patterns.
Often appears as...
- fractal geometry
- fractal pattern
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Technical
noun
A complex pattern that repeats itself at any scale.
The beautiful snowflake pattern was actually a fractal, repeating itself on smaller and smaller scales.
Often appears as...
- fractal geometry
- fractal pattern
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Describing something that has a regular or consistent pattern as it is magnified or reduced.
The fractal design in the painting drew the viewer's eye in with its intricate patterns.
Often appears as...
- fractal geometry
- fractal pattern
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Scale Independence
A fractal pattern looks similar, no matter how close or far away you view it.
Zooming into a fractal reveals the shape's complexity at every level.
Pro Tip 2/3Nature Inspired
Fractals are not just in math; they're often patterns found in nature, like leaves or coastlines.
The veins in a leaf form a natural fractal pattern.
Pro Tip 3/3Artistic Appeal
Artists use fractals to create visually appealing and often hypnotic designs.
The mural's fractal design captivated passersby with its endless repetition.
Pro Tip 1/3Scale Independence
A fractal pattern looks similar, no matter how close or far away you view it.
Zooming into a fractal reveals the shape's complexity at every level.
Pro Tip 2/3Nature Inspired
Fractals are not just in math; they're often patterns found in nature, like leaves or coastlines.
The veins in a leaf form a natural fractal pattern.
Pro Tip 3/3Artistic Appeal
Artists use fractals to create visually appealing and often hypnotic designs.
The mural's fractal design captivated passersby with its endless repetition.
Pro Tip 1/3Scale Independence
A fractal pattern looks similar, no matter how close or far away you view it.
Zooming into a fractal reveals the shape's complexity at every level.
Pro Tip 2/3Nature Inspired
Fractals are not just in math; they're often patterns found in nature, like leaves or coastlines.
The veins in a leaf form a natural fractal pattern.
Pro Tip 3/3Artistic Appeal
Artists use fractals to create visually appealing and often hypnotic designs.
The mural's fractal design captivated passersby with its endless repetition.
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Eric Berlow and Sean...
So as we go in here, what we start to see, apply the physics engine again, we see what's one conversation is actually composed of many smaller ones. The structure starts to emerge where we see a kind of fractal behavior of the words and the language that we use to describe the things that are important to us all around this world.
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The role of fractals...
panels will collect it to produce solar energy and to light up the pots of life fractals are a way of communicating knowledge that goes over this planes from mathematics to architecture as it is to design a university campus using a tradition that is about
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The mathematical secrets...
because similarly, you can stack that many spheres into tetrahedra. Or how about shade in all of the odd numbers. It doesn't look like much when the triangle's small, but if you add thousands of rows, you get a fractal known as Sierpinski's Triangle.
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David Birch: A new way...
And so that's a masterpiece, which is a fake of a masterpiece, and bonded into the canvas is a chip which identifies that as a real fake, if you see what I mean. So when we're talking about authenticity, it's a little more fractal than it appears,
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Xavier Vilalta:...
That they have fractal geometry properties and this helped me to shape the whole facade. And we are building that with these small prefabricated pieces that are the windows that let the air and the light in a controlled way inside the building.
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Fractals and the art of...
Eiffel Tower has a fractal aspect and I read the book that mr. Eiffel wrote about his tower and indeed it was astonishing how much he understood this is a mess mess mess Brian loop one day I decided halfway through my career I was helped by so
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The case of the missing...
She had told me she wanted to go home. What she really wanted was to bring her home here. The fractals spread everywhere. Most of them the same no matter how deep you looked at them, like Dora's mugshot. Some had infinitely long perimeters,
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Ron Eglash: The fractals...
And so I finally got to this city, and I'd done a little fractal model for the city just to see how it would sort of unfold -- but when I got there, I got to the palace of the chief, and my French is not very good; I said something like,
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Antonio Donato Nobre:...
because the plants take care of this characteristic as well. This benefits the very way plants work, which is another ingenious cycle. Speaking of fractals, and their relation with the way we work, we can establish other comparisons.
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The science of...
with the many possible branching points in snowflake formation, and the differences in temperature and humidity, and while we wait for the answer, we can enjoy watching these tiny fractals falling from the sky.
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Eric Berlow and Sean...
So as we go in here, what we start to see, apply the physics engine again, we see what's one conversation is actually composed of many smaller ones. The structure starts to emerge where we see a kind of fractal behavior of the words and the language that we use to describe the things that are important to us all around this world.
Video examples
The role of fractals...
panels will collect it to produce solar energy and to light up the pots of life fractals are a way of communicating knowledge that goes over this planes from mathematics to architecture as it is to design a university campus using a tradition that is about
Video examples
The mathematical secrets...
because similarly, you can stack that many spheres into tetrahedra. Or how about shade in all of the odd numbers. It doesn't look like much when the triangle's small, but if you add thousands of rows, you get a fractal known as Sierpinski's Triangle.
Video examples
David Birch: A new way...
And so that's a masterpiece, which is a fake of a masterpiece, and bonded into the canvas is a chip which identifies that as a real fake, if you see what I mean. So when we're talking about authenticity, it's a little more fractal than it appears,
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Xavier Vilalta:...
That they have fractal geometry properties and this helped me to shape the whole facade. And we are building that with these small prefabricated pieces that are the windows that let the air and the light in a controlled way inside the building.
Video examples
Fractals and the art of...
Eiffel Tower has a fractal aspect and I read the book that mr. Eiffel wrote about his tower and indeed it was astonishing how much he understood this is a mess mess mess Brian loop one day I decided halfway through my career I was helped by so
Video examples
The case of the missing...
She had told me she wanted to go home. What she really wanted was to bring her home here. The fractals spread everywhere. Most of them the same no matter how deep you looked at them, like Dora's mugshot. Some had infinitely long perimeters,
Video examples
Ron Eglash: The fractals...
And so I finally got to this city, and I'd done a little fractal model for the city just to see how it would sort of unfold -- but when I got there, I got to the palace of the chief, and my French is not very good; I said something like,
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Antonio Donato Nobre:...
because the plants take care of this characteristic as well. This benefits the very way plants work, which is another ingenious cycle. Speaking of fractals, and their relation with the way we work, we can establish other comparisons.
Video examples
The science of...
with the many possible branching points in snowflake formation, and the differences in temperature and humidity, and while we wait for the answer, we can enjoy watching these tiny fractals falling from the sky.
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Bruce Lipton
American Scientist
There's a theory that says that life is based on a competition and the struggle and the fight for survival, and it's interesting because when you look at the fractal character of evolution, it's totally different. It's based on cooperation among the elements in the geometry and not competition.
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Ronda Rousey
American Athlete
I make fractals. They're like mathematical pictures. My stepdad is actually a rocket scientist, so in his free time, he gave me a fractal program for fun. He showed me how to use it when I was about nine or 10, and I made thousands of fractals.
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Ron Eglash
American Scientist
Fractal geometry is everywhere, even in lines drawn in the sand. It's the cycle of life... You see fractals in plants, in flowers. Within the human lung are branches within branches.
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Paul Allen
American Businessman
The brain has this amazing level of almost fractal complexity to it. When you start looking at any part of it in detail, you realize that it's much more complex than you thought.
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Ken Kesey
American Author
Nowhere else in history has there ever been a flag that stands for the right to burn itself. This is the fractal of our flag. It stands for the right to destroy itself.
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Jack Dorsey
American Businessman
I fell in love with flora of all types, especially ferns. Loved the sparse structure and repetition of shape - almost fractal.
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Steven Pinker
Canadian Scientist
The decline of violence is a fractal phenomenon. You can see it over millennia, over centuries, over decades and over years.
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Guy Finley
American Writer
All created forms are fractal, as is their purpose, use, and allotted time for existence.
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John Lloyd
British Producer
The universe is fractal. The closer you look at it, the more interesting it becomes.
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Gyorgy Ligeti
Hungarian Composer
Yes, fractals are what I want to find in my music.
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Bruce Lipton
American Scientist
There's a theory that says that life is based on a competition and the struggle and the fight for survival, and it's interesting because when you look at the fractal character of evolution, it's totally different. It's based on cooperation among the elements in the geometry and not competition.
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Ronda Rousey
American Athlete
I make fractals. They're like mathematical pictures. My stepdad is actually a rocket scientist, so in his free time, he gave me a fractal program for fun. He showed me how to use it when I was about nine or 10, and I made thousands of fractals.
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Ron Eglash
American Scientist
Fractal geometry is everywhere, even in lines drawn in the sand. It's the cycle of life... You see fractals in plants, in flowers. Within the human lung are branches within branches.
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Paul Allen
American Businessman
The brain has this amazing level of almost fractal complexity to it. When you start looking at any part of it in detail, you realize that it's much more complex than you thought.
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Ken Kesey
American Author
Nowhere else in history has there ever been a flag that stands for the right to burn itself. This is the fractal of our flag. It stands for the right to destroy itself.
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Jack Dorsey
American Businessman
I fell in love with flora of all types, especially ferns. Loved the sparse structure and repetition of shape - almost fractal.
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Steven Pinker
Canadian Scientist
The decline of violence is a fractal phenomenon. You can see it over millennia, over centuries, over decades and over years.
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Guy Finley
American Writer
All created forms are fractal, as is their purpose, use, and allotted time for existence.
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John Lloyd
British Producer
The universe is fractal. The closer you look at it, the more interesting it becomes.
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Gyorgy Ligeti
Hungarian Composer
Yes, fractals are what I want to find in my music.
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