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Fraktur — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fracture noun A break, crack, or split — especially in a bone, but also in rock or other hard material.

Senses

Fraktur is used for these senses in English:

  • black letter (typography) A Northern European style of type based on the script, with contrasting thick-and-thin, angular strokes forming upright letterforms, and usually set with a dark typographic colour on the page.
  • fracture An instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.
  • fracture (medicine) A break in bone or cartilage.

fracture — full definition

  1. noun A break, crack, or split — especially in a bone, but also in rock or other hard material.
  2. verb To break or crack, or to cause something to break.

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