What does fragment mean?
Definitions for fragment
ˈfræg mənt; ˈfræg mənt, -mɛnt, frægˈmɛntfrag·ment
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Princeton's WordNet
fragmentnoun
a piece broken off or cut off of something else
"a fragment of rock"
shard, sherd, fragmentnoun
a broken piece of a brittle artifact
fragmentverb
an incomplete piece
"fragments of a play"
break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentiseverb
break or cause to break into pieces
"The plate fragmented"
Wiktionary
fragmentnoun
A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing.
fragmentnoun
A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate.
fragmentverb
To break apart.
fragmentverb
To cause to be broken into pieces.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
FRAGMENTnoun
A part broken from the whole; an imperfect piece.
Etymology: fragmentum, Latin.
He who late a sceptre did command,
Now grasps a floating fragment in his hand. Dryden.Cowley, in his unfinished fragment of the Davideis, has shewn us this way to improvement. Isaac Watts, Improvement.
If a thinned or plated body, which, being of an even thickness, appears all over of one uniform colour, should be slit into threads, or broken into fragments of the same thickness with the plate, I see no reason why every thread or fragment should not keep its colour. Isaac Newton, Opt.
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fragment
A fragment is a small piece or part that has been broken off, detached, or separated from something else. The term can also refer to an incomplete or isolated portion of something, such as a fragment of a sentence, a conversation, a memory, or a larger piece of work. In computer science, a fragment refers to a part of a computer program or a section of a webpage. It can also refer to the incomplete pieces of data in computer networks.
Webster Dictionary
Fragmentverb
a part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing
Etymology: [L. fragmentum, fr. frangere to break: cf. F. fragment. See Break, v. t.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Fragment
frag′ment, n. a piece broken off: an unfinished portion.—adj. Frag′mental (also -ment′).—adv. Frag′mentarily.—n. Frag′mentariness.—adjs. Frag′mentary, Frag′mented, consisting of fragments or pieces: broken. [Fr.,—L. fragmentum, frangĕre, to break.]
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Rank popularity for the word 'fragment' in Nouns Frequency: #1700
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The numerical value of fragment in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fragment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of fragment in a Sentence
Many relics that we study turn out to date to a period somewhat later than the historic attestation would suggest, this bone fragment, in contrast, suggests that we could possibly be looking at remains from St Nicholas himself.
As a segment gets that big, it's probably going to fragment into different requirements.
The international community will not stand by while Houthi forces and other actors continue to undermine stability in Yemen and seek to fragment that country and undermine its legitimate president.
The choices that have been made ... are choices that will fragment the West.
The tidal effect on an asteroid, which rapidly rotates under the gravitational field of a planet, can fragment these objects or release large rocks from its surface, which could then become dangerous projectiles at a local scale, such as the one that fell in Chelyabinsk, Russia.
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- شظيةArabic
- фрагмент, парче, къс, раздробявам се, отломък, раздробявам, фрагментирамBulgarian
- fragmentar, fragmentCatalan, Valencian
- zlomek, úlomek, střep, fragmentCzech
- fragmentDanish
- Satzfragment, Fragment, fragmentierenGerman
- θραύσμα, κομματιάζω, θρυμματίζω, απόσπασμα, τεμαχίζωGreek
- fragmentar, fragmentoSpanish
- särkeä, sirpale, rikkoutua, pirstoutua, pirstoa, hajottaa, fragmentti, särkyä, sirpaloitua, rikkoa, hajota, osanenFinnish
- fragment, fragmenterFrench
- mìr, bìdeag, criomagScottish Gaelic
- פרורHebrew
- töredék, darabHungarian
- կտորArmenian
- frammentare, frammentoItalian
- 断片, フラグメント, 破片, 欠片Japanese
- fragmentumLatin
- māhurehure, korakora, mōrohe, kuru, kongakonga, rutunga, tūāporo, kora, mōteteMāori
- whakakorakoraMalay
- fragment, fragmenterenDutch
- fragmentNorwegian Nynorsk
- fragmentNorwegian
- fragmentoPortuguese
- fragment, fragmenta, bucatăRomanian
- отрывок, разломать, разламывать, фрагмент, осколок, развалиться, обломок, фрагментировать, кусок, разваливатьсяRussian
- òdlomak, fragmentírati, ùlomak, fràgmentSerbo-Croatian
- fragmentSwedish
- துண்டுTamil
- kırıntı, parça, fragman, bölüm, kısımTurkish
- 分段Chinese
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