fragmentation

plural fragmentations

1. countableuncountableThe act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.
2. countableuncountableThe process by which fragments of an exploding bomb scatter.
3. countableuncountablecomputingThe breaking up and dispersal of a file into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
4. countableuncountablecomputingThe breaking up of a data packet when larger than the transmission unit of a network.
5. countableuncountablebiologyA form of asexual reproduction or cloning where an organism splits into one or more pieces. Those pieces then become new individuals.
6. countableuncountablebiologythe process of splitting into several pieces or fragments, which is useful for a cell during both DNA cloning and apoptosis.
7. countableuncountablethe dissociation of energetically unstable molecular ions formed from passing the molecules mass spectrum.
8. countableuncountablemedicinethe an operation that breaks of solid matter in a body part into pieces, such as kidney stones
9. countableuncountableeconomicsthe organization of production into different stages, which are divided among different suppliers often are located in different countries.
10. countableuncountableentertainmentthe use of fragments or the "division of a musical idea into segments".
11. countableuncountableurban studieshuman sciencesthe absence or underdevelopment of connections between a society and the grouping of certain of its members.