fragmentation

断片化、分裂

一つのものが、小さなかけらや別々の部分に分かれること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： fragmentation of something (The fragmentation of the forest threatens wildlife.)

類義語： breaking up, disintegration

反対語： integration, unification

よく使う表現： social fragmentation, habitat fragmentation, fragmentation of something

断片化、フラグメンテーション

一つのファイルのデータが、ディスク上の別々の場所に分かれること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： disk fragmentation, file fragmentation, reduce fragmentation

破片飛散

爆弾が爆発したとき、その破片が周囲に飛び散ること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： bomb fragmentation, fragmentation grenade, fragmentation injuries

フラグメンテーション、開裂

化学分析で、不安定な電荷を持つ分子が小さな部分に分かれること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： dissociation

よく使う表現： ion fragmentation, molecular fragmentation, fragmentation pattern