fragments

noun

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

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

(computing) An incomplete portion of code.

(Internet) 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.

(biology) 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

(intransitive) To break apart.

(transitive) To cause to be broken into pieces.

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

(intransitive, biology) Of an organism: to undergo the asexual reproduction process where an organism spilts into one or more pieces, then those pieces become new individuals.

Roots

frangofrag- · Latin · break

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Where does fragments come from?

The word fragments breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root frag-, from Latin frango (“break”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.