fragmentation

From fragment +‎ -ation.

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌfɹæɡmənˈteɪt͡ʃən/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌfɹæɡmənˈtæɪt͡ʃən/

fragmentation (countable and uncountable, plural fragmentations)

1. The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.
2. The process by which fragments of an exploding bomb scatter.
3. (computing) The breaking up and dispersal of a file into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
4. (computing) The breaking up of a data packet when larger than the transmission unit of a network.
5. (biology) A form of asexual reproduction or cloning where an organism splits into one or more pieces. Those pieces then become new individuals.

• fragmentization

• defragmentation

From fragmenter +‎ -tion.

• IPA^(key): /fʁaɡ.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/

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• Homophone: fragmentations
• Hyphenation: frag‧men‧ta‧tion

fragmentation f (plural fragmentations)

1. fragmentation

   Synonyms: division, éclatement, segmentation

   Antonyms: défragmentation, rassemblement, réunion

• défragmentation

• “fragmentation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.