Definitions

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  • adjective mathematics Describing a system that is fractal in multiple ways
  • noun Such a system

Etymologies

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multi- +‎ fractal

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Examples

  • His achievements included the development of fractal and multifractal geometry, a geometry that promises an accurate, orderly way of dealing with disorder.

    Benoit Mandelbrot, pioneer in fractal geometry, dies at 85 Martin Weil 2010

  • My reference to Mandelbrot was a nod to the fact that it has been shown that many (perhaps all) of the features that a TA would look for in stock price movements can be generated by, for example, multifractal models of the stock market.

    Perceiving Randomness Sean 2009

  • However, it should also be clear to the mathematically minded as pointed out in our paper that most animals are not a single monofractal, as appears to be the case in some simple plants, but are almost certainly multifractal.

    Another unintelligent move - The Panda's Thumb 2007

  • Kindly note that this rather deep question has to do with the “multifractal” as opposed to “monofractal” nature of vertebrate organisms.

    Another unintelligent move - The Panda's Thumb 2007

  • All blog readers will sharply note, that there are a good number of rather different cells in higher-order organisms a “multifractal”.

    Another unintelligent move - The Panda's Thumb 2007

  • Currently, only a Perlin noise generator is offered, with options to also output the noise through a 'billow' xor ridged-multifractal noise function.

    Softpedia - Windows - All 2010

  • The demo, for example, Blends a billow and ridged multifractal generator using the ridged multifractal itself as the control module.

    Softpedia - Windows - All 2010

  • The "butterfly effect" is being set aside in favor of a multifractal process that will have a major impact on climate models.

    Ethical Technology 2009

  • Shaun Lovejoy kept coming back to the idea, though, and he and his team found suggestive indications that there was a multifractal process at work.

    Ethical Technology 2009

  • Except this hand is multifractal; it's got deer over here and humans over here, and each one does a different thing.

    MetaFilter kipmanley 2009

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