fragment.
A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not.
Meaning & usage
A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not.
a fragment of an ancient writing
I heard a small fragment of the conversation.
A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate; a sentence fragment.
An incomplete portion of code.
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.
The URL www.example.com/home#recent ends with a fragment.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Late Middle English fragment, from Latin fragmentum (“a fragment, remnant”), from frangō (“to break”) + -mentum.
To break apart.
To cause to be broken into pieces.
To break up and disperse (a file) into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
Of an organism: to undergo the asexual reproduction process where an organism spilts into one or more pieces, then those pieces become new individuals.
Where this word comes from
From Late Middle English fragment, from Latin fragmentum (“a fragment, remnant”), from frangō (“to break”) + -mentum.
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