fracture: Meaning and Definition of

frac•ture

1. the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Cf. comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
2. the act of breaking; state of being broken.
3. a break, breach, or split.
4. the characteristic manner of breaking: a material of unpredictable fracture.
5. the characteristic appearance of a broken surface, as of a mineral.

1. to cause or to suffer a fracture in (a bone, etc.).
2. to break or crack.
3. to amuse highly or cause to laugh heartily; delight: The new comic really fractured the audience.

1. to become fractured; break: a mineral that does not fracture easily.