Meaning

noun separating something into fine particles

noun the disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships

noun (computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk

originEtymology tree 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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