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fracto-

prefix · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

Forming terms relating to the fracture or breaking of something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

Examples

  • fracto- + emission → fractoemission (“the generation of charge through the breakup of rock particles”)

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French fracto-, from Latin frāctus (“broken”).