Associations to the word «Fragment»
Noun
Adverb
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
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is
the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color
and content according to the circumstances and time in which
it is used.