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Fractal An object in which the parts are in some way related to the whole. That is, the individual components are "self-similar." An example is the branching network in a tree. While each branch, and each successive smaller branching is different, they are qualitatively similar to the structure of the whole tree. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The fractal design reflects the need members of oral cultures have of initiating new generations into the culture through storytelling, the endlessly repeated stream of stories keeping heritage and ancestral properties intact. A subset of fractal designs has been shown by the firm's scientists to be essential to understanding the property of 'frequency independence' in Maxwell's equations, which govern the properties of the electromagnetic spectrum, including radio frequencies. A subset of fractal designs has been shown by the firm's scientists to be essential to understanding the property of 'frequency independence' in Maxwell's equations, which govern the properties of the electromagnetic spectrum including radio frequencies. |
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