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/fræɡˈmɛntɪd/ · frag·men·t·ed
verb
- To break apart. The earthquake fragmented the building into several pieces.
- To cause to be broken into pieces. The accident fragmented the car into several parts.
- To break up and disperse (a file) into non-contiguous areas of a disk. The computer fragmented the file, slowing down the system.
adjective
- Broken into fragments. The fragmented mirror reflected a distorted image.
- Composed of fragments. The fragmented novel was a collection of short stories.
Did you know? The word 'fragmented' is often used in computer science to describe the process of breaking up a file into smaller pieces, but it also has a broader meaning in everyday language, referring to anything that is broken or divided into parts.