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mənt; noun
1.
a part broken off or detached: scattered fragments of the broken vase.
2.
an isolated, unfinished, or incomplete part: She played a fragment of her latest composition.
3.
an odd piece, bit, or scrap.
verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
5.
to break (something) into pieces or fragments; cause to disintegrate: Outside influences soon fragmented the Mayan culture.
6.
to divide into fragments; disunify.
7.
Computers. to split a file into smaller parts and store in non-contiguous sectors on a disk, resulting in fragmentation of both the file and available free space on the disk. Compare fragmentation ( def 4 ).
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World English Dictionary
| fragment | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a piece broken off or detached: fragments of rock |
| 2. | an incomplete piece; portion: fragments of a novel |
| 3. | a scrap; morsel; bit |
| —vb | |
| 4. | to break or cause to break into fragments |
| [C15: from Latin fragmentum, from frangere to break] | |
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Word Origin & History
fragment
1530s, from L. fragmentum "a fragment, remnant," from root of frangere "to break" (see fraction). The verb is first recorded 1818 in Keats' "Endymion." Related: Fragmented; fragmenting.
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Medical Dictionary
fragment frag·ment (frāg'mənt)
n.
A small part broken off or detached.
An incomplete or isolated portion; a bit.
To break or separate into fragments.
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Example sentences
Plastic bags fragment into small pieces that are polluting our oceans and land, and entering our food chain.
Each fragment contains microscopic fossils-pieces of plants and fungi.
Each fragment was given a mathematical description called a spectrum.
It's going to fragment a much larger area with pipelines and roads and facilities.
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