An incomplete sentence; a phrase or clause that is punctuated and capitalized as a sentence but does not constitute a complete grammatical sentence. It is usually caused by the failure to include a subject and a verb, or as the result of beginning a sentence with a subordinate conjunction or relative pronoun.

(genetics) A section of DNA contained within the genome of lambda vector that is replaced by the DNA to be cloned.

Consisting of fragments; disconnected; scattered. / (geology) Composed of the fragments of other rocks.

The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility. / Weakness; feebleness. / (obsolete) Liability to error and sin; frailty.

The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration. / The process by which fragments of an exploding bomb scatter.

The property of being fragile.

(military) An anti-personnel weapon, thrown or otherwise propelled, designed to disperse shrapnel upon exploding.

plural of fragmentation grenade

A particular, genetic syndrome, caused by the excessive repetition of a particular trinucleotide.

(informal) Short for fragile X syndrome.