Definition of "self-similar" []

• Having self-similarity; having parts that resemble the whole, as a fractal has. (adjective)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "The ribs are lined with series of 6 round panels organized in a self-similar, nonrecursive pattern generated through a fractal algorithm."
• "Fractal Geometry is the study of self-similar structures and is at the conceptual core of understanding nature's complexity."
• "But what if literary texts or at least a significant number of them are not self-similar tissues of self-consistent details, but something looser, more informal, perhaps even more extemporaneous?"