fragment
/ˈfɹæɡmənt/ noun B1- A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not. · a fragment of an ancient writing· I heard a small fragment of the conversation.
- 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. · The URL www.example.com/home#recent ends with a fragment.
- 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.
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“You see,” continued he, glancing toward the grate, where fragments of burnt paper fluttered in the flames, “the letter is destroyed; you and I alone know of its existence; should you, therefore, be questioned, deny all knowledge of it—deny it boldly, and you are saved.”
“I burnt it, for fear that even a fragment should remain; for that letter must have led to your condemnation.”
In the centre of the cell, in a circle traced with a fragment of plaster detached from the wall, sat a man whose tattered garments scarcely covered him.
This visit had infused new vigor into Dantès; he had, till then, forgotten the date; but now, with a fragment of plaster, he wrote the date, 30th July, 1816, and made a mark every day, in order not to lose his reckoning again.
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