fragment
/ˈfɹæɡmənt/ · noun
Meaning
- A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Etymology / origin
From Late Middle English fragment, from Latin fragmentum (“a fragment, remnant”), from frangō (“to break”) + -mentum.
- fragmentum(Latin)→
- fragment(Middle English)→
- *bʰreg-(ine-pro)→
- fragment (English)
- Relations: root, inh, der
Related words
Descendant words
- fragmento(Esperanto) (der)
- fragmentti(Finnish) (cog)
- fragmento(Ido) (bor)
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