fragmentation

The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.

The process by which fragments of an exploding bomb scatter.

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The breaking up and dispersal of a file into non-contiguous areas of a disk.

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The breaking up of a data packet when larger than the transmission unit of a network.

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

Biology, Cytology, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences the process of splitting into several pieces or fragments, which is useful for a cell during both DNA cloning and apoptosis.

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

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

Economics, Sciences the organization of production into different stages, which are divided among different suppliers often are located in different countries.

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music the use of fragments or the "division of a musical idea into segments".

Human sciences, Sciences, Social science, Sociology the absence or underdevelopment of connections between a society and the grouping of certain of its members.