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fragment

frag·ment

UK/fɹæɡˈmɛnt/ US/ˈfɹæɡmɛnt/ fairly common
noun (3) verb (1)

noun

1.

a piece broken off or cut off of something else

  • “a fragment of rock”
2.
3.

an incomplete piece

  • “fragments of a play”

verb

1.

break or cause to break into pieces

  • “The plate fragmented”
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Origin

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

Phrases

  • fission fragment
  • fragment antigen binding
  • fragment crystallizable region
  • fragment shader
  • Klenow fragment
  • Okazaki fragment
  • peptide fragment
  • restriction fragment

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