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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I think that we are both agreed, Inspector that the fragment of paper in the dead man’s hand, bearing, as it does, the very hour of his death written upon it, is of extreme importance.”
It appears to be a fragment torn from a larger sheet.
You see that his murderer might have torn the rest of the sheet from him or he might have taken this fragment from the murderer.
I kept to the pavement after that, Watson, but as I walked down Vere Street a brick came down from the roof of one of the houses, and was shattered to fragments at my feet.
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