English
fracton
From fractal + -on.
Formed from fractal + -on
Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- ‘to break’
Latin frangō ‘break, fragment’
Latin fractus ‘broken’
French fractal
English fractal
Today it means
noun A collective quantized vibration on a substrate with a fractal structure; the fractal analogue of a phonon.
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Etymograph / fracton