fragmentation
Meanings
noun
- The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.
- The process by which fragments of an exploding bomb scatter.
- The breaking up and dispersal of a file into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
- The breaking up of a data packet when larger than the transmission unit of a network.
- A form of asexual reproduction or cloning where an organism splits into one or more pieces. Those pieces then become new individuals.
- the process of splitting into several pieces or fragments, which is useful for a cell during both DNA cloning and apoptosis.
- the dissociation of energetically unstable molecular ions formed from passing the molecules mass spectrum.
- the an operation that breaks of solid matter in a body part into pieces, such as kidney stones
- the organization of production into different stages, which are divided among different suppliers often are located in different countries.
- the use of fragments or the "division of a musical idea into segments".
- the absence or underdevelopment of connections between a society and the grouping of certain of its members.
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Etymology
From fragment + -ation.
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