English Explanatory Dictionary

fragment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not.
  2. A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate; a sentence fragment.
  3. An incomplete portion of code.
  4. 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.
  5. 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. To break apart.
  2. To cause to be broken into pieces.
  3. To break up and disperse (a file) into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
  4. Of an organism: to undergo the asexual reproduction process where an organism spilts into one or more pieces, then those pieces become new individuals.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɹæɡmənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fragment.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fragment2.wav /fɹæɡˈmɛnt/ /ˈfɹæɡmɛnt/

Word forms

fragment fragments fragmenting fragmented

Etymology

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

Synonyms

chip lump bit chunk clip crumb crumbling cutting flake fleak fragment hunk mammock ort piece piecemeal portion scrap scraplet slice snead snippet steck fragmentize

Antonyms

defragment

Related words

fractal fraction fractious fracture infract infraction refract refraction refractive refractory refrangible refringent

Derived words

fission fragment fraglet fragmental fragment antigen binding fragmentary fragment crystallizable region fragmentectomy fragmentism fragmentist fragmentization fragmentography fragment shader hyperfragment interfragment Klenow fragment macrofragment megafragment microfragment multifragment nanofragment Okazaki fragment peptide fragment photofragment restriction fragment sentence fragment soul fragment stuffer fragment stutter fragment subfragment fragmentable fragmentation defragmentation defragmenter refragment
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