Engineer notices some small fragments (8)
I believe the answer is:
sections
'fragments' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'engineer notices some small' is the wordplay.
'engineer' indicates anagramming the letters.
'some small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'notices' with letters rearranged gives 'section'.
'section'+'s'='SECTIONS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sections that I've seen before include "Divisions, parts" , "Divisions, segments" .)