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Re:Scientists discover fractal patterns in a quantum material by smallnamespace on Sunday October 27, 2019 @01:11AM (#21367983)
I would like a word that means 'exhibits self-similar structure at different scales '. This is a useful definition because people outside of math can notice this pattern in our world.

If not fractal, then what word?

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Re:Scientists discover fractal patterns in a quantum material by TeMPOraL on Sunday October 27, 2019 @02:10AM (#21368121)
> If not fractal, then what word?

self-similar?

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Re:Scientists discover fractal patterns in a quantum material by partyboat1586 on Sunday October 27, 2019 @05:25AM (#21368647)
Sorry to polute your pure and precise word but outside of mathematics people will continue using fractal to mean self similar. As with many mathematical words the colloquial meaning is different.
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