Fragmentary

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  • adjective. Consisting of small, disconnected parts.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Composed of fragments or broken pieces; broken up; hence, not complete or entire; disconnected; disjointed.
  • Specifically, in geology, made up of fragments of other rocks: said of rocks such as tufas, agglomerates, conglomerates, and breccias.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Composed of fragments, or broken pieces; disconnected; not complete or entire.
  • adjective. Composed of the fragments of other rocks.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Consisting of fragments; disconnected; scattered.
  • adjective. Composed of the fragments of other rocks.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. consisting of small disconnected parts
  • Word Usage
    "It is a fairly short novel, told in fragmentary, disjointed style (150 chapters in 135 pages) about the narrator's investigation of the disappearance of the head waiter of his favourite Indian restaurant."
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