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defragment

/diːfɹæɡˈmɛnt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables
de-frag-ment
IPA
/diːfɹæɡˈmɛnt/
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To run a process that collects fragments of files and sorts them into contiguous sections on one or more hard disks or hard disk partitions, thus speeding up file management.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English fragment English defragment From de- + fragment.

Inflected Forms

defragments (present, singular) defragmenting (participle, present) defragmented (participle, past) defragmented (past)

Derived Forms

defragmentation defragmenter

Synonyms

defrag

Questions

How do you pronounce defragment?
The recorded pronunciation is /diːfɹæɡˈmɛnt/.
What does defragment mean?
To run a process that collects fragments of files and sorts them into contiguous sections on one or more hard disks or hard disk partitions, thus speeding up file management.
Where does defragment come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English fragment English defragment From de- + fragment.

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