fragmentation

fragmentation, morcellement

Fait de se briser ou de se diviser en morceaux plus petits ou en parties séparées.

En anglais simple : The breaking of something into smaller pieces or separate parts.

• The report describes the fragmentation of society.
• Roads have increased habitat fragmentation in this region.
• Political fragmentation made it hard to form a government.

Comment l'utiliser : fragmentation of something (The fragmentation of the forest threatens wildlife.)

Synonymes : breaking up, disintegration

Contraires : integration, unification

Expressions courantes : social fragmentation, habitat fragmentation, fragmentation of something

fragmentation

Répartition des parties d’un fichier informatique à différents endroits d’un disque.

En anglais simple : The spreading of parts of a computer file across different places on a disk.

• File fragmentation slowed the old computer.
• The tool checks the drive for fragmentation.
• Regular maintenance reduced fragmentation on the hard disk.

Expressions courantes : disk fragmentation, file fragmentation, reduce fragmentation

fragmentation

Projection des morceaux d’une bombe lors de son explosion.

En anglais simple : The scattering of pieces from a bomb when it explodes.

• The bomb caused severe fragmentation injuries.
• The casing controls fragmentation when the grenade explodes.
• Engineers measured the fragmentation produced by the shell.

Expressions courantes : bomb fragmentation, fragmentation grenade, fragmentation injuries

fragmentation

Décomposition de molécules instables chargées électriquement en éléments plus petits pendant une analyse chimique.

En anglais simple : The breaking of unstable, electrically charged molecules into smaller parts during chemical analysis.

• The spectrum shows extensive fragmentation.
• Higher energy increased fragmentation of the molecular ions.
• The fragmentation pattern helped identify the compound.

Synonymes : dissociation

Expressions courantes : ion fragmentation, molecular fragmentation, fragmentation pattern