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That fracture is 1. a break or secondary discontinuity in the rock mass, whether or not there has been relative movement across it. faults, thrusts, and joints are all fractures, but bedding planes, which are primary features, are not. in a more strictly hydrogeological context the term has been used to classify voids in the size range 0.1 to 10mm [9]. 2. breakage of rock strata [16]. 3. the general term for any mechanical discontinuity in the rock; it is, therefore, the collective term for joints, faults, cracks, etc. see also conduit; fissure.?

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