Fragment

//ˈfɹæɡmənt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not

    "a fragment of an ancient writing"

  2. 2
    a broken piece of a brittle artifact wordnet
  3. 3
    A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate; a sentence fragment.
  4. 4
    an incomplete piece wordnet
  5. 5
    An incomplete portion of code.
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  1. 6
    a piece broken off or cut off of something else wordnet
  2. 7
    A portion of a URL referring to a subordinate resource or anchor (such as a specific point on a web page), introduced by the # sign. Internet

    "The URL www.example.com/home#recent ends with a fragment."

  3. 8
    A split piece of an organism that has undergone the asexual reproduction process where the organism splits into one or more pieces, then those pieces become new individuals.
Verb
  1. 1
    To break apart. intransitive

    "Once the centralized power of Rome fragmented, economic, social and political power simplified and relocalized."

  2. 2
    break or cause to break into pieces wordnet
  3. 3
    To cause to be broken into pieces. transitive

    "Samois includes celebate ^([sic]), heterosexual and bisexual women as well as lesbians, and I feel very strongly that this is the wisest choice. Our community is so fragile that we can't afford to fragment it by excommunicating non-lesbian women."

  4. 4
    To break up and disperse (a file) into non-contiguous areas of a disk. transitive
  5. 5
    Of an organism: to undergo the asexual reproduction process where an organism spilts into one or more pieces, then those pieces become new individuals. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Late Middle English fragment, from Latin fragmentum (“a fragment, remnant”), from frangō (“to break”) + -mentum.

Etymology 2

From Late Middle English fragment, from Latin fragmentum (“a fragment, remnant”), from frangō (“to break”) + -mentum.

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