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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread fractal #121172 01/24/2004 2:21 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Fractal: A form of pun in which a word, as part of another word, lends special significance when the larger word is used. "He acts as if he had ants in his pants. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fractal #121173 01/24/2004 6:47 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... I'm confusing this word with another. Isn't there an art-related word that is something like fractal? Must go check... Yes. I thought it rang a bell. Here's the definition from geometry, and, by extension, you can imagine the kind of art created: "A fractal is a set which is self-similar; fractals are repetitive in shape, but not in size. In other words, no matter how much you magnify a fractal, it will always look the same (or at least similar)." (Quick definition on onelook.com) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fractal #121174 01/24/2004 7:03 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear WW: not art, but mathematics, though when printed in color, they produce striking visual effects. There used to be a lot of such pictures seven or eight years ago. Maybe some are still available. Here's a URL: http://kosmoi.com/Science/Mathematics/Fractals/ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fractal #121175 01/24/2004 7:13 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont google Mandelbrot formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fractal #121176 01/24/2004 7:19 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... In reply to: Dear WW: not art, but mathematics wwh, did you read all of my post above? I read your word 'fractal' and it rang a bell about a type of art I had seen about a year ago. So, I looked up the word fractal on onelook and there I read the definition applied to geometry. That confirmed my first impression about the art term. There is an art term website on which I first saw fractals. That type of art was derived from the geometry (or to use your term 'mathematics'). I'll see whether I can find the site I had visited a long time ago and pull up the works of art... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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