| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To crack, fissure, chink, rent or flaw. [Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To smash, crash, shatter, break or crush. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To rip, cleave or tear. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To fault. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To crumble.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Present participle conjugation of the verb fracture.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (fracture) |
1. Violate or abuse; "This writer really fractures the language".[Wordnet]. 2. Interrupt, break, or destroy; "fracture the balance of power".[Wordnet]. 3. Break into pieces; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle".[Wordnet]. 4. Become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe".[Wordnet]. 5. Break (a bone).[Wordnet]. 6. Fracture a bone of.[Wordnet]. 7. Break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle".[Wordnet]. 8. 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.[Websters]. 9. Base verb from the following inflections: fracturing, fractured, fractures, fracturer, fracturers, fracturingly and fracturedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "Fracturing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Breaking; bursting asunder; cracking.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Engineering | Deformation process whereby ice is permanently deformed, and fracture occurs. (references) | ||
| Geography | Pressure process whereby ice is permanently deformed, and rupture occurs. Most commonly used to describe breaking across very close pack ice, compact pack ice and consolidated pack ice. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Mining | 1: Application of hydraulic pressure to the reservoir formation to create fractures through which oil or gas may move to the well bore. (references) | ||
| 2: Procedure by which the producing horizon is artificially fractured to increase the permeability in the immediate vicinity of a borehole. Source: European Union. (references) | |||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fracture. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Explosive fracturing | Mining | When explosives are used to fracture a formation. At the moment of detonation, the explosion furnishes a source of high-pressure gas to force fluid into the formation. The rubble prevent fracture healing, making the use of proppants unnecessary. Compare hydraulic fracturing. (references) | |
| Formation fracturing | Mining | A method of stimulating production by opening new flow channels in the rock surrounding a production well. Often call a frac job. Under extremely high hydraulic pressure, a fluid (such as distillate, diesel fuel, crude oil, dilute hydrochloric acid, water, or kerosene) is pumped downward through production tubing or drill pipe and forced out below a packer or between two packers. The pressure causes cracks to open in the formation, and the fluid penetrates the formation through the cracks. Sand grains, aluminum pellets, walnut shells, or similar materials (propping agents) are carried in suspension by the fluid into the cracks. When the pressure is released at the surface, the fracturing fluid returns to the well. The cracks partially close on the pellets, leaving channels for oil to flow around them to the well. See explosive fracturing, hydraulic fracturing. (references) | |
| Freeze Fracturing | Health | Preparation for electron microscopy of minute replicas of exposed surfaces of the cell which have been ruptured in the frozen state. The specimen is frozen, then cleaved under high vacuum at the same temperature. The exposed surface is shadowed with carbon and platinum and coated with carbon to obtain a carbon replica. (references) | |
| Hydraulic Fracturing | Administration | Any technique involving the pumping of fluid under high pressure into an oil or gas formation to create fissures and openings in the reservoir rock and increase the flow of oil or gas. (references) | |
| Hydraulic fracturing | Energy | Fracturing of rock at depth with fluid pressure. Hydraulic fracturing at depth may be accomplished by pumping water into a well at very high pressures. Under natural conditions, vapor pressure may rise high enough to cause fracturing in a process known as hydrothermal brecciation. (references) | |
| Hydraulic fracturing | Mining | An operation in which a specially blended liquid is pumped down a well and into a formation under pressure high enough to cause the formation to crack open, forming passages through which oil can flow into the wellbore. Sand grains, aluminum pellets, glass beads, or similar materials are carried in suspension into the fractures. When the pressure is released at the surface, the fractures partially close on the proppants, leaving channels for oil to flow through to the well. Compare explosive fracturing. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: FRACTURING | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Hydraulic fracturing | 9 | Hydraulic fracturing | 9 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Al Arabiya | كسر (fraction, break, fracture, breakage, breaking), كَسْر (breakage, breaking, fraction, fracture, fracturing), صِير (chasm, chasms, chink, chinking, chinks), بَضْع (chasm, chasms, chink, chinking, chinks), اِبْتِعاد (breakaway, breakup, chink, chinking, chinks), فَلْع (chink, cleft, crack, crevice, split), صَدْع (flaw, chasm, chink, cranny, crevice), فَلْق (cleavage, fission, split, bursting, chasm), فَلْج (flaw, chasm, chasms, chink, chinking), فَتْق (hernia, rupture, chasm, chasms, chink). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fracturing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Al Fus-Ha | كسر (fraction, break, fracture, breakage, breaking), كَسْر (breakage, breaking, fraction, fracture, fracturing), صِير (chasm, chasms, chink, chinking, chinks), بَضْع (chasm, chasms, chink, chinking, chinks), اِبْتِعاد (breakaway, breakup, chink, chinking, chinks), فَلْع (chink, cleft, crack, crevice, split), صَدْع (flaw, chasm, chink, cranny, crevice), فَلْق (cleavage, fission, split, bursting, chasm), فَلْج (flaw, chasm, chasms, chink, chinking), فَتْق (hernia, rupture, chasm, chasms, chink). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fracturing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arabic | كسر (fraction, break, fracture, breakage, breaking), كَسْر (breakage, breaking, fraction, fracture, fracturing), صِير (chasm, chasms, chink, chinking, chinks), بَضْع (chasm, chasms, chink, chinking, chinks), اِبْتِعاد (breakaway, breakup, chink, chinking, chinks), فَلْع (chink, cleft, crack, crevice, split), صَدْع (flaw, chasm, chink, cranny, crevice), فَلْق (cleavage, fission, split, bursting, chasm), فَلْج (flaw, chasm, chasms, chink, chinking), فَتْق (hernia, rupture, chasm, chasms, chink). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fracturing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bohemian | lámající se (fracturing), rozlamování (fracturing). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, fracturing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Central Danish | opspraekning ved hjaelp af vibration (vibratory fracturing). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, fracturing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | lámající se (fracturing), rozlamování (fracturing). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, fracturing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corse | truncà (break, shatter, smash, to shatter, crush), rompe (break, demolish, to demolish, dissolve, shatter), furzà (compel, oblige, to compel, to oblige, impose), fratturà (fracturing, tear open, to break, to fracture, to rupture). Additional references: Corse, France, Italy, fracturing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corsi | truncà (break, shatter, smash, to shatter, crush), rompe (break, demolish, to demolish, dissolve, shatter), furzà (compel, oblige, to compel, to oblige, impose), fratturà (fracturing, tear open, to break, to fracture, to rupture). Additional references: Corsi, France, Italy, fracturing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corsican | truncà (break, shatter, smash, to shatter, crush), rompe (break, demolish, to demolish, dissolve, shatter), furzà (compel, oblige, to compel, to oblige, impose), fratturà (fracturing, tear open, to break, to fracture, to rupture). Additional references: Corsican, France, Italy, fracturing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corso | truncà (break, shatter, smash, to shatter, crush), rompe (break, demolish, to demolish, dissolve, shatter), furzà (compel, oblige, to compel, to oblige, impose), fratturà (fracturing, tear open, to break, to fracture, to rupture). Additional references: Corso, France, Italy, fracturing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corsu | truncà (break, shatter, smash, to shatter, crush), rompe (break, demolish, to demolish, dissolve, shatter), furzà (compel, oblige, to compel, to oblige, impose), fratturà (fracturing, tear open, to break, to fracture, to rupture). Additional references: Corsu, France, Italy, fracturing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | lámající se (fracturing), rozlamování (fracturing). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, fracturing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Danish | opspraekning ved hjaelp af vibration (vibratory fracturing). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, fracturing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dansk | opspraekning ved hjaelp af vibration (vibratory fracturing). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, fracturing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | hydraulische Rissbildung (hydraulic fracturing), der Kornbruch (grain breakage, grain fracturing). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, fracturing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | fracturant (fracturing), fracturation (fracturing), rompant (breaking, severing, fracturing), fissurite (fracturing), formation de fissures (fissuring, formation of fissures, fracturing), formation de fractures de glace (fracturing, ice fracturing), fracturer (fracture, break, crack, fracturing, splinter), sable de fracturation (fracturing sand), boue de fracturation (fracturing fluid), technique de fracturation (fracturing technique). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, fracturing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | fracturant (fracturing), fracturation (fracturing), rompant (breaking, severing, fracturing), fissurite (fracturing), formation de fissures (fissuring, formation of fissures, fracturing), formation de fractures de glace (fracturing, ice fracturing), fracturer (fracture, break, crack, fracturing, splinter), sable de fracturation (fracturing sand), boue de fracturation (fracturing fluid), technique de fracturation (fracturing technique). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, fracturing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | hydraulische Rissbildung (hydraulic fracturing), der Kornbruch (grain breakage, grain fracturing). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, fracturing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek | θραύση με δονήσεις (vibratory fracturing). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, fracturing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek (transliteration) | thrausi me dhoniseis (vibratory fracturing). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, fracturing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High Arabic | كسر (fraction, break, fracture, breakage, breaking), كَسْر (breakage, breaking, fraction, fracture, fracturing), صِير (chasm, chasms, chink, chinking, chinks), بَضْع (chasm, chasms, chink, chinking, chinks), اِبْتِعاد (breakaway, breakup, chink, chinking, chinks), فَلْع (chink, cleft, crack, crevice, split), صَدْع (flaw, chasm, chink, cranny, crevice), فَلْق (cleavage, fission, split, bursting, chasm), فَلْج (flaw, chasm, chasms, chink, chinking), فَتْق (hernia, rupture, chasm, chasms, chink). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fracturing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | hydraulische Rissbildung (hydraulic fracturing), der Kornbruch (grain breakage, grain fracturing). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, fracturing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | hydraulische Rissbildung (hydraulic fracturing), der Kornbruch (grain breakage, grain fracturing). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, fracturing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Italian | formazione di fessure (fracturing), fessurazione (cracking, fissure, fissuring, cleaving, fissuration), fratturazione (fracturing), processo di fratturazione idraulica (hydraulic fracturing method), fessurazione del cemento nello spazio anulare (annulus cement fracturing), grado di fessurazione (degree of fracturing), fratturazione idraulica direzionata (directional hydraulic fracturing), fratturazione mediante schiuma (foam fracturing), fratturazione della formazione (formation breakdown, formation fracture, formation fracturing), tecnica di base sulla fratturazione idraulica (fracturing basic techniques). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, fracturing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Sjaelland | opspraekning ved hjaelp af vibration (vibratory fracturing). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, fracturing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | fracturándose (fracturing), fractura por vibraciones (vibratory fracturing). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, fracturing. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
| Language | Translations for “fracturing” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Athag | frathagactathagurathaging (fracturing). Additional references: Athag, fracturing. (volunteer) | |||
| Double Dutch | fragactaguraging (fracturing). Additional references: Double Dutch, fracturing. (volunteer) | |||
| Leet | |*[-]P\^¢-|-(_)P\1^/9 (fracturing). Additional references: Leet, fracturing. (volunteer) | |||
| Oppish | fropactopuroping (fracturing). Additional references: Oppish, fracturing. (volunteer) | |||
| Pig Latin | acturingfray (fracturing). Additional references: Pig Latin, fracturing. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | fracturo (fracturing). Additional references: Terran B, fracturing. (volunteer) | |||
| Ubbi Dubbi | frubactuburubing (fracturing). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, fracturing. (volunteer) | |||
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