Fragmentary

adj

adj ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Consisting of fragments; disconnected; scattered.

    "Fragmentary evidence suggests that he died in a foreign country."

  2. 2
    Composed of the fragments of other rocks.
Adjective
  1. 1
    consisting of small disconnected parts wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
brokenfractionalfractionalfragmentalincompletepart

Example

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"Data from the many parts of this fragmentary telescope are combined to form a single image."

Etymology

From fragment + -ary.

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