Çatlatma

Çatlatma is a Turkish noun derived from the verb çatlatmak, meaning to crack or snap. The term denotes the act of producing a cracking sound or the result of that action. In everyday Turkish, çatlatma is used to describe the audible crack heard when a joint is adjusted, when something brittle breaks, or when a seed or shell is cracked open.

In addition to its general use, çatlatma appears in technical contexts. In materials science and engineering, it refers to cracking or fracture of a material under stress. In geology, the word can be used to describe fracture processes in rocks, including the initiation and propagation of cracks due to stress.

As a linguistic term, çatlatma is primarily used to refer to physical cracking and the associated sounds. Although less common, it can appear in metaphorical or figurative expressions to convey abrupt changes or interruptions, depending on the context, but such uses are not as standardized as the core meaning related to cracking.

See also: crack, fracture, cracking sound, knuckle cracking.