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1. Separating something into fine particles
   - atomization, atomisation [Brit]
    
2. The disintegration of social norms governing behaviour and thought and social relationships
    
3. (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"
    
4. The scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes

Derived forms: fragmentations

See also: fragment

Type of: blowup, decomposition, detonation, disintegration, division, explosion, storage

Encyclopedia: Fragmentation