Found 3 items, similar to Fracturing.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: fracture
keretakan, rekahan, retakan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: fracture
fracture
n 1: breaking of hard tissue such as bone;
“it was a nasty
fracture”;
“the break seems to have been caused by a
fall” [syn:
break]
2: (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the
displacement of one side with respect to the other;
“they
built it right over a geological fault” [syn:
fault,
geological fault
,
shift,
break]
3: the act of cracking something [syn:
crack,
cracking]
v 1: violate or abuse;
“This writer really fractures the
language”
2: interrupt, break, or destroy;
“fracture the balance of
power”
3: break into pieces;
“The pothole fractured a bolt on the
axle”
4: become fractured;
“The tibia fractured from the blow of the
iron pipe”
5: break (a bone);
“She broke her clavicle”
6: fracture a bone of;
“I broke my foot while playing hockey”
[syn:
break]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Fracturing
Fracture
\Frac"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Fractured
(#; 135); p. pr. & vb. n..
Fracturing.] [Cf. F. fracturer.]
To cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst
asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as,
to fracture a bone; to fracture the skull.
[1913 Webster]