| 单词 | fragmentation |
| 释义 | fragmentation (once / 21767 pages) n Fragmentation describes a separating of something into pieces. The way a family can be affected by divorce, its members living in separate houses, is one kind of fragmentation. People often have an image of an exploding bomb when they think about fragmentation, and that sense of something breaking into tiny particles is a useful way to think of the word, no matter how it's used. A burst water balloon experiences fragmentation, and so does a city disrupted by violence. The Latin root word, fragmentum, literally means "a piece broken off," or a fragment. WORD FAMILYfragmentation: fragmentations+/fragment: fragmental, fragmentary, fragmentation, fragmented, fragmenting, fragmentise, fragmentize, fragments/fragmentary: fragmentarily/fragmentize: fragmentized, fragmentizing USAGE EXAMPLESThe spread of the right to be forgotten is part of a wider trend towards the fragmentation of the internet. Economist(Nov 03, 2016) They threw a fragmentation grenade over the compound wall, then followed it inside. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) If Trump succeeds in rolling back financial legislation or eases up on its enforcement, it will accelerate a trend towards regulatory fragmentation globally. Reuters(Dec 22, 2016) 1n separating something into pieces or fine particles Syn|Hyper atomisation, atomization division the act or process of dividing 2n the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes Hyper blowup, detonation, explosion a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction 3n the disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships Hyper decomposition, disintegration in a decomposed state 4n (computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk fragmentation slows system performance because it takes extra time to locate and assemble the parts of the fragmented file Hyper storage (computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk |
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