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fracto-a word element meaning 'broken'.
[combining form representing Latin fractus, past participle]
fracto-|ˈfræktəʊ|used as comb. form of L. fractus broken, in Meteorol. (see quots.).1896Internat. Cloud-Atlas (Internat. Meteorol. Committee) 18 (heading) International designations of cloud⁓forms... Fr. Cu... Fracto-cumulus. Fr. N... Fracto-nimbus. Fr. S... Fracto-stratus.1917A. G. McAdie Princ. Aërography 115 The true cumulus..is often torn by strong winds,..(‘fracto-cumulus’).Ibid., If the mass of nimbus is torn up into small patches..they may be called ‘fracto-nimbus’, the ‘scud’ of the sailors.1926Man & Weather 68 The word fracto..is now in general use to designate a cloud form in which the mass is broken into small divisions.1956J. C. Swayne Conc. Gloss. Geogr. Terms 62 Fracto-nimbus cloud (scud), ragged fragments of cloud drifting rapidly in a strong wind often under rain clouds.
fracto- /ˈfraktəʊ/ combining form. L19.
ORIGIN: from Latin fractus broken + -o-.
Meteorology. Prefixed to names of cloud types, with the sense ‘broken, fragmentary’ (fracto-cumulus, fracto-nimbus).
fracto-
combining form
Etymology: Latin fractus
: broken up and
 < fractocumulus >
: fracture
 < fractograph >
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