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

plural of fragmentation grenade

(chemistry) A reaction that often competes with the Beckmann rearrangement.

plural of Beckmann fragmentation

The chemical reaction of α,β-epoxyketones with aryl sulfonylhydrazines to give alkynes and carbonyl compounds.

plural of Eschenmoser fragmentation

plural of fragmentation bomb

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

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.

(spiritual warfare, etc.) A part of a person's energy field that is thrown away, lost or stolen and that now exists separately from and independently of that person.