FRACTURING

  

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FRACTURING

Definition: FRACTURING

FRACTURING

Personal pronoun & verb & noun

1. Of Fracture

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "FRACTURING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1882. (references)


Specialty Definition: FRACTURING

DomainDefinition

Geography

Pressure process whereby ice is permanently deformed, and rupture occurs. Most commonly used to describe breaking across very close pack ice, compact pack ice and consolidated pack ice. Source: European Union. (references)
 Procedure by which the producing horizon is artificially fractured to increase the permeability in the immediate vicinity of a borehole. Source: European Union. (references)

Hydrologic

Deformation process whereby ice is permanently deformed, and fracture occurs. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: FRACTURING

English words defined with "FRACTURING": osteoclasis. (references)
Specialty definitions using "FRACTURING": elastic boundary, electrical puncturing, electrical rock fracture, endurance liminuclear-assisted miningOIL-WELL-SERVICES SUPERVISORplastic deformation, plastic zone, porous ground, proppantrupture zonesculping, secondary porosity, shear zone, smooth blasting, spalling, strain break, strain burst, SUPERINTENDENT, OIL-WELL SERVICESzone of plastic flow. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: FRACTURING

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Ukraine

Stimulation technologies such as hydraulic fracturing and acid stimulation are not available. (references)

Human Rights

Tunisia

According to the Committee for the Respect of Human Rights (CRLDH), RCD gangs attacked two students with chains and knives, fracturing the hand of one and putting the other in a coma. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: FRACTURING

"FRACTURING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 81.63% of the time. "FRACTURING" is used about 49 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)81.63%4054,274
Noun (singular)18.37%9117,287
                    Total100.00%49N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: FRACTURING

Expression using "FRACTURING": Freeze Fracturing. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "FRACTURING": pre-fracturing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: FRACTURING

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

hydraulic fracturing

6

fracturing

5

fracturing oil well

2

fracturing well

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: FRACTURING

Language Translations for "FRACTURING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏كسر (breach, break, breakage, breaking, crash, crush, defeat, double, fold, fraction, fracture, infringe, pleat, rout, shatter, shattering, smash, smashing, tuck, vanquish, violate). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(fractured, fragmentation). (various references)

   

Danish

  

til at aktivere den producerende formation benytter man hydrauliske opspraekningsmetoder,idet man under hoejt tryk pumper en vaeske ned i strukturen,hvorved der dannes spraekker i denne (causing it to break-down, high fluid-pressure is applied to the rock, in hydraulic fracturing methods, used to stimulate a producing formation), opspraekning ved hjaelp af vibration (vibratory fracturing), naar der fra foerste faerd findes produktivitetsindekser paa over 1 i kalkstensboringer,antages det at skyldes opspraekning under selve borearbejdet samt effektiv udvidelse af borehullet som foelge af eksisterende hulrum og opspraekningssystemer (the existence of initial productivity ratios above 1 in limestone wells is believed to be due to fracturing during drilling plus effective well bore enlargement by existing vugs and fracture systems), hydraulisk opspraekning af reservoirbjergarter havde laenge vaeret kendt i forbindelse med syrebehandling,tab af den cirkulerende borevaeske,trykcementering og trykfordeling ved vandinjektion som et led i vandinjektionsprojektor (hydraulic fracturing of reservoir rocks had long been experienced in acidizing, lost circulation, squeeze cementing and pressure parting of water injection wells in waterflood projects). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

wanneer in kalksteenputten aanvankelijke produktiviteitsverhoudingen van meer dan 1 voorkomen,wordt dit geacht een gevolg te zijn van tijdens het boren optredende gesteentebreuk en van verwijding van het boorgat door bestaande holle ruimten en breuken (the existence of initial productivity ratios above 1 in limestone wells is believed to be due to fracturing during drilling plus effective well bore enlargement by existing vugs and fracture systems), om de produktieve laag te activeren,wordt de techniek van het hydraulisch breken toegepast,d.w.z.dat men onder hoge druk een vloeistof injecteert waardoor het gesteente wordt opengebroken (causing it to break-down, high fluid-pressure is applied to the rock, in hydraulic fracturing methods, used to stimulate a producing formation), het langs hydraulische weg breken van reservoirgesteenten werd in feite reeds lang toegepast bij zuurbehandeling,circulatieverlies,perscementatie en het onder druk splijten van inlaatputten bij waterinjectieprojecten (hydraulic fracturing of reservoir rocks had long been experienced in acidizing, lost circulation, squeeze cementing and pressure parting of water injection wells in waterflood projects), de bear gun,een schiettoestel voor het breken van de formatie,wordt ook-zonder afzwenkkanaal-met succes toegepast voor het vernietigen van abusievelijk in het boorgat achtergelaten voorwerpen (as a powerful down-hole junk(items inadvertently left in the hole)shot, has been successfully used also, or formation fracturing tool, the bear gun, without the deflection channel), breken d.m.v.trillen (vibratory fracturing). (various references)

   

French

  

fracturant. (various references)

   

German

  

um den Foerderhorizont zu "stimulieren",wendet man Methoden der hydraulischen Rissbildung an,indem man unter hohem Druck eine Fluessigkeit einpresst,die Risse im Gestein verursacht (causing it to break-down, high fluid-pressure is applied to the rock, in hydraulic fracturing methods, used to stimulate a producing formation), hydraulisches Aufbrechen von Traegergesteinen wurde auch frueher schon beim Saeuren,bei Spuelungsverlusten,bei der Druckzementation und bei der Druckverteilung von Wassereinpressbohrungen bei Wasserflutprojekten beobachtet (hydraulic fracturing of reservoir rocks had long been experienced in acidizing, lost circulation, squeeze cementing and pressure parting of water injection wells in waterflood projects), das Vorhandensein einer Anfangsproduktivitaet von mehr als 1 in Bohrungen mit Kalksteintraegern fuehrte man auf Aufbrechvorgaenge waehrend des Bohrens und effektive Bohrlochvergroesserung durch bestehende Hohlraeume und Kluftsysteme zurueck (the existence of initial productivity ratios above 1 in limestone wells is believed to be due to fracturing during drilling plus effective well bore enlargement by existing vugs and fracture systems), Aufbrechen mit Hilfe von Vibratoren (vibratory fracturing). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

χρησιμοποιούμε,για να "ενεργοποιήσουμε" τον παραγωγικό μηχανισμό,τις μεθόδους της υδραυλικής ρήξεως με διοχέτευση,υπό μεγάλη πίεση,ενός υ (in hydraulic fracturing methods), η υδραυλική ρήξη των πετρωμάτων θυλάκων παρατηρήθηκε πριν από πολύ χρόνο κατά τις επιχειρήσεις εγχύσεως οξέων,τσιμεντώσεως υπό πίεση.Σε ο (hydraulic fracturing of reservoir rocks had long been experienced in acidizing), η διατρητική μηχανή "BEAR GUN" ή εργαλείο ρήξεως του σχηματισμού,χρησιμοποιήθηκε επίσης με επιτυχία-χωρίς το τελικό της τμήμα που εκτρέπει πλά (as a powerful down-hole junk(items inadvertently left in the hole)shot, has been successfully used also, or formation fracturing tool, the bear gun, without the deflection channel), οι δείκτες της αρχικής παραγωγικότητας,ανώτεροι του 1,για πηγάδια σε ασβεστολιθικούς σχηματισμούς,αποδίδονται στη ρήξη κατά τη διάρκεια τ (the existence of initial productivity ratios above 1 in limestone wells is believed to be due to fracturing during drilling plus effective well bore enlargement by existing vugs and fracture systems), θραύση με δονήσεις (vibratory fracturing). (various references)

   

Italian

  

fratturazione per vibrazione (vibratory fracturing), per "attivare" la formazione produttrice si ricorre a metodi di fratturazione idraulica,inviando a pressione elevata un liguido che frantuma la roccia (causing it to break-down, high fluid-pressure is applied to the rock, in hydraulic fracturing methods, used to stimulate a producing formation), l'indice della produttivit iniziale,superiore ad 1 in pozzi a formazione calcarea si pensa sia dovuto alla fratturazione avvenuta durante la perforazione e all'effettivo allargamento del foro per l'esistenza di cavit e fratture (the existence of initial productivity ratios above 1 in limestone wells is believed to be due to fracturing during drilling plus effective well bore enlargement by existing vugs and fracture systems), criodecapaggio (freeze fracturing). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

acturingfray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

fractura vibratória (vibratory fracturing). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

fractura por vibraciones (vibratory fracturing), la fracturacion hidraulica de rocas de yacimientos ya se habia observado hace tiempo durante las operaciones de acidificacion, perdida de circulacion, cementacion a presion, y en operaciones de i nyeccion de agua a presion en pozos de produccion por empuj (hydraulic fracturing of reservoir rocks had long been experienced in acidizing, lost circulation, squeeze cementing and pressure parting of water injection wells in waterflood projects), la existencia de indices de productividad iniciales superiores a 1, para pozos de formaciones calcareas, se atribuye a la fracturacion durante la perforacion y al agrandamiento efectivo del pozo debido a la existencia de poros y de fisuras (the existence of initial productivity ratios above 1 in limestone wells is believed to be due to fracturing during drilling plus effective well bore enlargement by existing vugs and fracture systems), en los métodos de fracturación hidráulica, empleados para estimular la formación productiva, se aplica un líquido a elevada presión que fisura la roca (causing it to break-down, high fluid-pressure is applied to the rock, in hydraulic fracturing methods, used to stimulate a producing formation), el perforador "bear gun",o herramienta de fracturacion de la formacion, se ha utilizado tambien eficazmente sin el canal de desviacion, en las operaciones de pesca de herramientas abandonadas in advertidamente en el pozo (as a powerful down-hole junk(items inadvertently left in the hole)shot, has been successfully used also, or formation fracturing tool, the bear gun, without the deflection channel). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: FRACTURING

Misspellings

"FRACTURING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: facturing. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "FRACTURING"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "FRACTURING" (pronounced fra"kkhering)
6-a" k kh er i ngmanufacturing, nonmanufacturing.
5-k kh er i nglecturing, picturing, puncturing, restructuring, structuring.
4-kh er i ngbutchering, capturing, culturing, featuring, gesturing, nurturing, posturing, recapturing, rupturing, torturing, venturing.
3-er i nganswering, administering, altering, anchoring, angering, auguring, backfiring, badgering, bantering, bartering, battering, belaboring, beleaguering, bettering, bewildering, bickering, blistering, blundering, blustering, bolstering, bordering, bothering, brokering, catering, censoring, centering, chartering, chattering, clamoring, clobbering, clustering, cluttering, coloring, configuring, conjuring, conquering, considering, cornering, countering, covering, cowering, deciphering, delivering, desiring, devouring, diapering, dickering, differing, discovering, disfavoring, disfiguring, dismembering, dithering, doctoring, doddering, embroidering, empowering, encountering, endangering, endeavoring, entering, factoring, faltering, fathering, favoring, feathering, festering, figuring, filibustering, filtering, fingering, flattering, flavoring, flickering, floundering, flowering, fluttering, fostering, foundering, frittering, furthering, garnering, gathering, gerrymandering, glimmering, glittering, glowering, grandfathering, guttering, hammering, hampering, hankering, harboring, hectoring, hindering, hollering, honoring, hovering, hungering, hunkering, injuring, inquiring, laboring, laundering, lawyering, layering, lettering, levering, lingering, littering, loitering, lowering, lumbering, majoring, maneuvering, massacring, mastering, maundering, meandering, measuring, mentoring, metering, minoring, mirroring, mitering, mongering, monitoring, mothering, motoring, murdering, murmuring, mustering, muttering, nattering, neighboring, neutering, numbering, offering, ordering, outnumbering, pampering, pandering, papering, partnering, peppering, perjuring, pestering, petering, philandering, pilfering, plastering, plundering, pondering, powdering, powering, pressuring, proffering, prospering, puttering, quivering, reconsidering, recovering, rediscovering, reentering, registering, rejiggering, remembering, rendering, reoffering, reordering, requiring, rewiring, savoring, scampering, scattering, scouring, sculpturing, sequestering, severing, shattering, sheltering, shimmering, shivering, shouldering, showering, shuddering, shuttering, simmering, slaughtering, slithering, slobbering, slumbering, smattering, smoldering, smothering, snickering, sobering, soldering, soldiering, souring, spattering, spiering, splintering, sponsoring, sputtering, squandering, staggering, stuttering, suffering, surrendering, swaggering, sweltering, tailoring, tampering, tapering, teetering, tempering, tendering, thundering, tinkering, tottering, towering, transpiring, triggering, tutoring, uncovering, unflattering, unwavering, ushering, uttering, wagering, wallpapering, wandering, warmongering, watering, wavering, weathering, whimpering, whispering, withering, wondering, Wuthering, zippering.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: FRACTURING

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-f-g-i-n-r-r-t-u"

-1 letter: furcating.

-2 letters: crafting, curating, figurant.

-3 letters: antifur, carting, crating, currant, curring, curtain, farcing, fractur, frantic, furring, infarct, infract, ingraft, rafting, tarring, tracing, trucing, turfing.

-4 letters: acting, anuric, arcing, caring, curari, curing, curran, facing, faring, fating, fracti, fungic, gratin, guitar, nutria, racing, raring, rating, taring, tragic, truing, tunica, unfair, ungirt, uranic, uratic.

-5 letters: acing, actin, afrit.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-f-g-i-n-r-r-t-u"
 

+2 letters: trifurcating.

 

+5 letters: reconfiguration, remanufacturing, ultracentrifuge.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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