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1. In computer science, the scattering of parts of a file throughout a disk, as when the operating system breaks up the file and fits it into the spaces left vacant by previously deleted files.
2. The process of shattering or breaking up or being split up into fragments or broken pieces.
3. The loss of unity and cohesion and the splitting of something into isolated and often conflicting parts.
2. The process of shattering or breaking up or being split up into fragments or broken pieces.
3. The loss of unity and cohesion and the splitting of something into isolated and often conflicting parts.
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-ation, -ization (-iz[e] + -ation); -isation (British spelling variation)
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frag-, frang-, fract-, fring-
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fragmentation
The breakup of a gas cloud into discrete regions as a result of the gravitational collapse of denser regions in the gas or inhomogeneities (something that is not homogeneous or uniform).
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Astronomy and related astronomical terms
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