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fragmentations

fragmentations is the plural of fragmentation.

Meaning of fragmentation

Noun

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. The breaking up and dispersal of a file into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
  4. The breaking up of a data packet when larger than the transmission unit of a network.
  5. A form of asexual reproduction or cloning where an organism splits into one or more pieces. Those pieces then become new individuals.
  6. the process of splitting into several pieces or fragments, which is useful for a cell during both DNA cloning and apoptosis.

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Phrases with fragmentations

Questions about fragmentations

What is fragmentations the plural of?
Fragmentations is the plural of fragmentation.

Words near fragmentations in the dictionary

  1. fragmentation
  2. fragmentation bomb
  3. fragmentation bombs
  4. fragmentation grenade
  5. fragmentation grenades
  6. fragmentations
  7. fragmentectomies
  8. fragmentectomy
  9. fragmented
  10. fragmentedly
  11. fragmentedness

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