fracture
phenomenon by which materials or structures are split apart under the action of mechanical stress
crocodile cracking
distress in asphalt pavement
Crazing (Polymers)
Formation of a network of fine, crack-like structures within a polymer, typically under tensile stress, leading to zones of localized plastic deformation.
environmental stress cracking
brittle failure of thermoplastic polymers
Pottery fracture
result of thermal treatment
Fraction
ceremonial breaking of the consecrated bread during the Eucharistic rite