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frag·ment (fragmənt; for v. also fragment′, frag ment)

noun

  1. a part broken away from a whole; broken piece
  2. a detached, isolated, or incomplete part a fragment of a song
  3. the part that exists of a literary or other work left unfinished

Etymology: ME < L fragmentum < frangere, break

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to break into fragments; break up

fragment Related Forms
frag·ment′ed adjective
fragment Synonyms

fragment

n.

piece, scrap, remnant, particle; see bit 1, part 1. See syn. study at part.

fragment Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • pottery: Estimate size and shape of a complete vessel using fragments of pottery from a loan box.
  • bone: Here a couple of fragments of bone have been recovered.

Converse of object

  • amplify: Alleles are defined on the basis of the length of the amplified fragments.
  • survive: The lower masonry courses of the surviving fragment of the Chapter House are in bond with the east wall of the Sacristy.
  • scatter: Another six Albanians were wounded by the fragments scattered from the cluster bombs that are banned by international conventions.

Adjective modifier

  • tiny: A tiny fragment of amber came to light during the analysis of a ditch soil sample.
  • angular: Surface water carrying dissolved calcium carbonate has cemented these angular fragments together in many places forming a breccia.
  • scattered: Scattered fragments of some of the claustral buildings are also visible.
  • overlapping: The map consisted of multiple overlapping fragments of DNA, arranged in the correct order.
  • bony: Don't be deceived by small visible bony fragment, most of fragment is cartilage.
  • architectural: Two architectural fragments, probably from a Romanesque shrine, built into the wall.

Modifies a noun

  • polymorphism: The AFLP ( amplified fragment length polymorphism ) method selectively amplifies restriction fragments from total genomic DNA.
  • identifier: Fragment identifiers Some URIs refer to a location within a resource.
  • ion: Selected peptide ions from this first analysis can then be subjected to high-energy collision to obtain fragment ions.

Noun used with modifier

  • papyrus: Nor did they; not one papyrus fragment from a cyclic epic poem survives.
  • DNA: Day 2 - Separating the DNA fragments requires about 30 minutes to set up.
  • playbill: Contains a playbill fragment, on the reverse of the title page.
  • peptide: In particular we are developing an efficient ligation approach in which two peptide fragments are coupled while still attached to the solid-phase.
  • bp: A 570 bp DNA fragment amplified from the capsid protein gene was digested with Ava II restriction enzyme and separated by gel electrophoresis.
  • pottery: Tx date: 28 Jan 1993, Channel 4 Time Signs ( the Turning Wheel ) Wolf Valley, dating pottery fragments.

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