fragmentationn.
/ˌfraɡm(ə)nˈteɪʃn/, /ˌfraɡmɛnˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌfræɡmənˈteɪʃən/ A breaking or separation into fragments; spec. in Biology separation into parts which form new individuals.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > types of reproduction > [noun] > by division
fission1846
scissiparity1857
fissiparation1864
fissuration1867
fissiparism1868
fissiparity1872
cleavage1876
fragmentation1881
schizogony1887
blastogenesis1889
nuclear fission1889
schizogenesis1891
transfission1891
heterokinesis1893
homoeokinesis1893
multiple fission1896
binary fission1897
plasmotomy1902
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [noun] > incohesion > separation into small pieces
macadamization1847
atomization1875
fragmentation1881
fragmentization1951
1881 Times 24 Dec. Fragmentation of work, not attacking too many points at once.
1882 E. R. Lankester in Nature 23 Nov. 88/1 The ‘fragmentation’, or division of the chlorophyll corpuscles of both Hydra and Spongilla.
1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 946 This process of nuclear division has been termed fragmentation.
1920 H. G. Wells Outl. Hist. I. vi. xxx. 380/1 The state of Europe beneath its political fragmentation was a social disorder.
1943 Roof over Britain ii. 10 The fragmentation of metals under certain conditions.
1958 Spectator 15 Aug. 213/1 The fragmentation of French political parties.
1959 Listener 23 July 152/2 The music is a study in fragmentation.
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fragmentation bomb n. (also fragmentation grenade) one designed to disintegrate into small fragments on explosion.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > grenade
trombe1562
grenade1591
grenado1611
granata1637
hand grenade1637
bag-granado1638
shell1647
glass-grenade1664
globe1672
flask1769
petrol bomb1903
rifle grenade1909
hairbrush1916
Mills1916
pineapple bomb1916
stick grenade1917
fragmentation bomb1918
pineapple1918
potato-masher grenade1925
spitball1925
Molotov cocktail1940
sticky bomb1940
stick-bomb1941
red devila1944
stun grenade1977
flash-bang1982
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > explosive device > [noun] > bomb > fragmentation
fragmentation bomb1918
grass cutter1925
parafrag bomb1944
scatter bomb1961
lazy dog1965
cluster bomb1967
pellet bomb1967
mother-bomb1971
nail bomb1971
1918 Aviation & Aeronaut. Engin. 15 Nov. 502/2 Deliveries of the ‘demolition’ and ‘fragmentation’ bombs..were made in April.
1944 Times 10 Feb. 4/6 An airfield was hit with fragmentation bombs.
1957 F. Krollmann Langenscheidts Fachwörterbuch Wehrwesen 647/1 Fragmentation shell..fragmentation grenade.
1970 Peace News 3 Apr. 5 (caption) This Vietnamese woman was the victim of a fragmentation bomb (made in the USA).
1970 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 9 Dec. 5/4 Another spectacular technique is ‘fragging’. ‘To frag’ is a term meaning to use a fragmentation grenade ‘to cool the ardor of any officer or NCO too eager to make contact with the enemy’.
1971 Daily Tel. 22 Apr. 4/5 Incidents of American soldiers in Vietnam tossing fragmentation grenades at officers more than doubled, to 209, last year.
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Computing. The state of a file that is stored on several separate areas of a disk; the state or fact of having files so stored.Too much fragmentation degrades computer performance.
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1983 RA81 vs EAGLE re-revisited in fa.info-vax (Usenet newsgroup) 13 Sept. Issues of transfer size, disk fragmentation, and requests from high priority tasks (eg real-time) are all adressed.
1993 Compute Oct. 70/1 The user has the option of seeing a graphical dashboard..showing the compression ratio, the amount of free space on the hard drive, and the amount of fragmentation.
2002 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 19 Sept. 3 Many experienced users even forget to check for file fragmentation when looking at a ‘sick’ PC.
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