fragmentation
noun
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Sense 1 noun
separating something into fine particles
Types & categories
- division hypernym
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Sense 2 noun
the disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships
Types & categories
- disintegration hypernym
Related & opposite
- fragment derivation
Sense 3 noun
(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
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- storage hypernym
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Sense 4 noun
the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes
Types & categories
- explosion hypernym
Related & opposite
- fragment derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | atomize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fragment |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | division |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fragment |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | disintegration |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fragment |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | computing |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | storage |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fragment |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | explosion |