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• Small-toothed sportive lemur — Conservation status Data Deficient …   Wikipedia

• Fragment — Frag ment, n. [L. fragmentum, fr. frangere to break: cf. F. fragment. See {Break}, v. t.] A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing. [1913 Webster] Gather up the fragments that remain.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• fragment — ► NOUN 1) a small part broken off or detached. 2) an isolated or incomplete part: a fragment of conversation. ► VERB ▪ break or cause to break into fragments. DERIVATIVES fragmentary adjective. ORIGIN Latin fragmentum, from frangere …   English terms dictionary

• Fragment-based lead discovery — (FBLD) is a method used for finding lead compounds as part of the drug discovery process. It is based on identifying small chemical fragments, which may bind only weakly to the biological target, and then growing them or combining them to produce …   Wikipedia

• fragment — I UK [ˈfræɡmənt] / US noun [countable] Word forms fragment : singular fragment plural fragments * 1) a) a small piece of a larger object that has broken, often into a lot of pieces The vase hit the wall and shattered into fragments. fragment of:… …   English dictionary

• fragment — frag|ment1 [ frægmənt ] noun count * a small piece of a larger object that has broken, often into a lot of pieces: The vase hit the wall and shattered into fragments. fragment of: Police found fragments of glass on his clothing. a. a small part… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• fragment — fragments, fragmenting, fragmented (The noun is pronounced [[t]fræ̱gmənt[/t]]. The verb is pronounced [[t]frægme̱nt[/t]].) 1) N COUNT: oft N of n A fragment of something is a small piece or part of it. The only reminder of the shooting is a few… …   English dictionary

• Fragment crystallizable region — An antibody digested by papain yields three fragments, two Fab fragments and one Fc fragment …   Wikipedia

• fragment — frag|ment1 W3 [ˈfrægmənt] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: fragmentum, from frangere to break ] a small piece of something that has broken off or that comes from something larger ▪ glass fragments fragment of ▪ fragments of broken pottery… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• fragment — 1 noun (C) a small piece of something that has broken off or that comes from something larger: Roger examined the few words remaining on the charred fragment of paper. | a fragment of poetry 2 verb (intransitive, transitive often passive) to… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• fragment — [ˈfrægmənt] noun [C] I 1) a small piece of a larger object that has broken into a lot of pieces Police found fragments of glass on his clothing.[/ex] 2) a small part of something fragments of conversation[/ex] II verb [I/T] fragment [frægˈment]… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English