"fragmentary" meaning in English

See fragmentary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more fragmentary [comparative], most fragmentary [superlative]
Etymology: From fragment + -ary. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fragment|ary}} fragment + -ary Head templates: {{en-adj}} fragmentary (comparative more fragmentary, superlative most fragmentary)
  1. Consisting of fragments; disconnected; scattered. Translations (consisting of fragments): фрагментарен (fragmentaren) (Bulgarian), частичен (častičen) (Bulgarian), непълен (nepǎlen) (Bulgarian), fragmentari (Catalan), dernigel (Cornish), fragmenta (Esperanto), hajanainen (Finnish), sirpaleinen (Finnish), fragmentarisch (German), töredékes (Hungarian), foszlányos (Hungarian), tūāporoporo (Maori), rikiriki (Maori), tīmokamoka (Maori), fragmentar (Romanian), фрагментарный (fragmentarnyj) (Russian), отрывочный (otryvočnyj) (Russian), פֿראַגמענטאַריש (fragmentarish) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-fragmentary-en-adj-MqFdSmZQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ary, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Cornish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ary: 83 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Cornish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of 'consisting of fragments': 91 9
  2. (geology) Composed of the fragments of other rocks. Categories (topical): Geology Translations ((geology)): отломъчен (otlomǎčen) (Bulgarian), fragmentari (Catalan), dernigel (Cornish), fragmentaarinen (Finnish), törmelékes (Hungarian), törmelék (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-fragmentary-en-adj-XVHWeNy- Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of '(geology)': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fractional, fragmentary Hypernyms: disconnected, divided, incomplete, separate Hyponyms: broken, scattered Derived forms: fragmentarily, fragmentariness, multifragmentary
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      "code": "hu",
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