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noun |ˈfraɡmənt|

a small part broken or separated off something:

破片, かけら, 一部; (切り離された)断片, 切れ端

e.g. small fragments of pottery, glass, and tiles.

an isolated or incomplete part of something:

(文学作品などの)未完原稿, 遺稿, 断章

e.g. Nathan remembered fragments of that conversation.

verb |fraɡˈment|

break or cause to break into fragments:

…を砕く, こなごなにする

«…へと» 砕ける, こなごなになる «into» ; 崩壊する

e.g. no object : his followers fragmented into sects.

late Middle English: from French, or from Latin fragmentum, from frangere ‘to break’.