English Explanatory Dictionary

mandelbrot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sort of cookie-like hard, sweet bread usually containing almonds traditionally eaten by Ashkenazi Jews and often dipped in tea.
name
  1. A surname from Polish.
noun
  1. A fractal based on the boundary of the Mandelbrot set.

Word forms

mandelbrot mandelbread Mandelbrots

Etymology

Spelling probably derived from German Mandelbrot. Compare Yiddish מאַנדלבראָט (mandlbrot, “almond bread”), which may have semantically influenced the English term.

Synonyms

mandel bread

Derived words

Mandelbrot set
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