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Noun: fractal dimension
  1. (mathematics) a number (not necessarily integer) giving a measure of how areas (or higher dimensional volumes) of sets scale with linear size
    "The coastline paradox can be explained using the concept of fractal dimension";
    - Hausdorff dimension

Derived forms: fractal dimensions

Encyclopedia: Fractal dimension