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This Week's Word 11/9/09-11/13/09

Fragment

(noun)
1. a piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock"
2. an incomplete piece; "fragments of a play"
3. part of a sentence that has been punctuated as if it were a complete sentence. A sentence fragment is "Climbed up the rock."

(verb)
break up: break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented."

From L. fragmentum "a fragment, remnant," from root of frangere "to break."


   

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