I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a fragment of glass (= a small piece of glass that has broken off )
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Fragments of glass covered the floor near the broken window.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
large
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The latter is much more efficient if there are a large number of fragments and is recommended.
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Each U-235 nucleus that decays spontaneously emits two large but unequal fragments , plus several neutrons.
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This doesn't mean that there are no large fragments present; there are merely less of them.
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Frequent breakup and erosion of cometary nuclei provides not only vast quantities of meteoric dust, but also occasional larger fragments .
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Ultrasound was used for localisation of the stones, constant monitoring of fragmentation and refocusing of the larger fragments during lithotripsy.
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The only force generally believed to be sufficiently powerful is the high-energy impact of a large asteroidal fragment on the Moon.
small
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He lifted Tallis in his hand, the small fragment of coal that she had become.
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Conversely, impacts will also shatter rocks into small fragments .
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Under the pressure of population growth the fenland holdings were broken down into smaller and smaller fragments .
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Recently it has proved possible to date small dental fragments directly, without first powdering them.
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Of the rest of the text only a few small fragments survive.
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Other omissions include small fragments of mosaic and mosaics which were very poorly recorded.
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The resultant systems have been able to perform detailed analyses of small fragments of language.
tiny
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When toughened glass shatters, it breaks into tiny rounded fragments , giving a sugared effect which minimises the chances of injury.
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Nurture that dream, or even the tiny fragment of a dream that excites you and gives you hope for the future.
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The crashing seemed to go on for ever as tiny broken fragments bounced with a dainty tinkle across the brick floor.
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The very weak carbonaceous meteorites often fall as showers of tiny fragments with masses of grams.
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Every tiny fragment of fibre, denim and leather was picked up and dropped in the bags.
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Now only a tiny fragment of the plate and its ridge remain off the shores of Washington.
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The universe that we know, of course, is a tiny fragment of the actual universe.
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The continent never broke into the tiny fragments that marked its beginning.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He was piecing together torn fragments of a letter.
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Some glass fragments hit me when the window was smashed.
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The bullet had pierced the bone, leaving behind fragments which the surgeon was unable to remove.
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The excavation of a Roman town house revealed fragments of a mosaic floor.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And, of course, such fragments have been made to convey many permutations of these uses.
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I sensed that fragments of a story, rather than a whole story, were emerging.
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Or again, might not the last three discoveries listed be fragments of far more extensive geometrical work?
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She wished she hadn't; vivid fragments of the previous evening's escapade sprang only too easily to mind.
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Sonny went staggering back, arms flailing, spitting blood and fragments of teeth.
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The very weak carbonaceous meteorites often fall as showers of tiny fragments with masses of grams.
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Typically the biggest fragment produced by breakup is 10 to 50 percent of the total mass.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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His day was fragmented by interruptions and phone calls.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A separately organised night-nursing service tends to fragment patient care.
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At times, the book jumps from place to place in a jarring way, only to fragment at crucial moments.
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Once one looks away from the north, Gloucester's connection appears to fragment .