intricatefractal
nounUK /ˈɪn.trɪ.kət ˈfræk.təl/
US /ˈɪn.trə.kət ˈfræk.təl/
A shape that repeats the same pattern again and again, getting smaller each time.
The intricatefractal on the screen looked like a tiny tree that kept branching into smaller trees.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A complex design made of endlessly repeating smaller copies of itself.
The artist painted an intricatefractal that seemed to go on forever.
3. A mathematical shape with detail at every scale.
Scientists used an intricatefractal to model the coastline.
4. Anything that looks complicated because it repeats in a nested way.
The fern's leaves formed a natural intricatefractal.