Associations to the word «Fragment»

Wiktionary

FRAGMENT, noun. A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing.
FRAGMENT, noun. (grammar) A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate.
FRAGMENT, noun. (computing) An incomplete portion of code.
FRAGMENT, verb. (intransitive) To break apart.
FRAGMENT, verb. (transitive) To cause to be broken into pieces.
FRAGMENT SHADER, noun. (computer graphics) (OpenGL) pixel shader
FRAGMENT SHADERS, noun. Plural of fragment shader

Dictionary definition

FRAGMENT, noun. A piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock".
FRAGMENT, noun. A broken piece of a brittle artifact.
FRAGMENT, noun. An incomplete piece; "fragments of a play".
FRAGMENT, verb. Break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented".

Wise words

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Hippocrates