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fragmentation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fragmentation has 4 senses
- fragmentation(n = noun.act) atomisation, atomization - separating something into fine particles; Array is a kind of division
- fragmentation(n = noun.state) Array - the disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships; Array is a kind of decomposition, disintegration
- fragmentation(n = noun.process) Array - (computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk; "fragmentation slows system performance because it takes extra time to locate and assemble the parts of the fragmented file" is a kind of storage
- fragmentation(n = noun.event) Array - the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes; Array is a kind of blowup, detonation, explosion
Derived form verb fragment1
Derived form verb fragment1
Derived form verb fragment1
Derived form verb fragment1
CIDE DICTIONARY
fragmentation, n.
the act or process of separating something into small pieces or fine particles. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fragmentation, n. the process or an instance of breaking into fragments.
Idiom
fragmentation bomb a bomb designed to break up into small rapidly-moving fragments when exploded.
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