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fracto-

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French fracto-, from Latin frāctus (“broken”).[1]

Prefix

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fracto-

  1. Forming terms relating to the fracture or breaking of something.
    ‎fracto- + ‎emission → ‎fractoemission (“the generation of charge through the breakup of rock particles”)

Derived terms

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Category English terms prefixed with fracto- not found

References

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  1. ^ “fracto-, comb. form”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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