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fragmentation — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fragmentation noun The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.

Senses

fragmentation is used for these senses in English:

  • spallation (engineering, materials science) Fragmentation due to stress or impact, or any pattern of surface damage created thereby.

fragmentation — full definition

  1. noun The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.
  2. noun The process by which fragments of an exploding bomb scatter.
  3. noun The breaking up and dispersal of a file into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
  4. noun The breaking up of a data packet when larger than the transmission unit of a network.

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