fragment
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1. fragment - Noun
2. fragment - Verb
Meaning
A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing.
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The plate fragmented
fragments of a play
a fragment of rock
3. Arrange the SALCs of each molecular fragment in increasing order of energy, first noting whether they stem from s, p, or d orbitals (and put them in the order s < p < d), and then their number of internuclear nodes.
A 34-ton fragment called "Ahnighito", is exhibited at the American Museum of Natural History ; the largest meteorite on exhibit in any museum.
A differing account stated that Freisler "was killed by a bomb fragment while trying to escape from his law court to the air-raid shelter", and he "bled to death on the pavement outside the People's Court at Bellevuestrasse 15 in Berlin."