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fragment

/ˈfɹæɡmənt/

noun

Meaning

  • A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not

    "I heard a small fragment of the conversation."

  • (grammar) A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate.

  • An incomplete portion of code.

  • A portion of a URL referring to a subordinate resource (such as a specific point on a web page), introduced by the # sign.

verb

Meaning

  • To break apart.

  • To cause to be broken into pieces.

  • To break up and disperse (a file) into non-contiguous areas of a disk.

Synonyms

fragmentize