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自己相似図形 (jikosoujizukei) Japanese meaning: fractal | Kotomora

自じ己こ相そう似じ図ず形けい

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Meanings

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fractal

Technical term used in computing and mathematics for a self-similar geometric figure.

マンデルブロ集しゅう合ごうは有ゆう名めいな自じ己こ相そう似じ図ず形

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The Mandelbrot set is one of the famous fractals.

Kanji

自oneself
己self
相inter-, mutual, together
似becoming, resemble, counterfeit
図map, drawing, plan
形shape, form, style

Related words

フラクタル
フラクタル is the common loanword for 'fractal' in everyday and technical contexts. 自己相似図形 is a more descriptive, kanji-based term used mainly in formal or academic writing.

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自じ己こ+相そう似じ+図ず形けい

Etymology

Compound of 自己 (self), 相似 (similarity), and 図形 (figure), literally 'self-similar figure'. A calque or translation of the English term 'fractal'.