Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fragmentation

/ˌfɹæɡmənˈteɪ̯ʃən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English

Syllables: frag-men-ta-tion
IPA: /ˌfɹæɡmənˈteɪ̯ʃən/

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The process by which fragments of an exploding bomb scatter.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The breaking up and dispersal of a file into non-contiguous areas of a disk.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The breaking up of a data packet when larger than the transmission unit of a network.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A form of asexual reproduction or cloning where an organism splits into one or more pieces. Those pieces then become new individuals.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

the process of splitting into several pieces or fragments, which is useful for a cell during both DNA cloning and apoptosis.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

the dissociation of energetically unstable molecular ions formed from passing the molecules mass spectrum.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

the an operation that breaks of solid matter in a body part into pieces, such as kidney stones

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Latin frangō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin fragmentumlbor. Middle English [Term?]lbor. Middle English fragment English fragment Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English fragmentation From fragment + -ation.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌfɹæɡmənˈteɪ̯ʃən/
British English: /ˌfɹæɡmənˈteɪ̯ʃən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

fragmentations (plural)

Derived Forms

antifragmentation autofragmentation biofragmentation hyperfragmentation multifragmentation overfragmentation phacofragmentation photofragmentation polyfragmentation refragmentation

Phrases

Beckmann fragmentation Eschenmoser fragmentation fragmentation bomb fragmentation grenade

Synonyms

fragmentization atomization atomisation

Antonyms

defragmentation

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization nation location application

Questions

How do you pronounce fragmentation?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌfɹæɡmənˈteɪ̯ʃən/.
What does fragmentation mean?: The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.
Where does fragmentation come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Latin frangō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin fragmentumlbor. Middle English [Term?]lbor. Middle English fragment English fragment Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English fragmentation From fragment + -ation.

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