Fragmentation

Quick meaning: Fragmentation is a noun meaning The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.

Meaning

The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.

More Meanings

1. The process by which fragments of an exploding bomb scatter.
2. (computing) The breaking up and dispersal of a file into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
3. (computing) The breaking up of a data packet when larger than the transmission unit of a network.
4. (cytology) the process of splitting into several pieces or fragments, which is useful for a cell during both DNA cloning and apoptosis.
5. the dissociation of energetically unstable molecular ions formed from passing the molecules mass spectrum.
6. (surgery) the an operation that breaks of solid matter in a body part into pieces, such as kidney stones
7. (biology) A form of asexual reproduction or cloning where an organism splits into one or more pieces. Those pieces then become new individuals.

Word Forms

• fragmentations

Synonyms for fragmentation

Depending on context, synonyms include fragmentization, atomisation, atomization.

Antonyms for fragmentation

Common opposites include defragmentation.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include atomization, atomisation, fragmentary, shattering, fragment, disintegration.

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