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fragmentation

3 definitions • 5 examples
1
the action or process of breaking something into small parts or of being broken up in this way:

Examples:

It was partly the fragmentation of the opposition which helped to get the Republicans re-elected.
He claimed that social fragmentation was a by-product of the internet.
2
a process in which an organism breaks into different parts, with each part growing into a complete new organism:

Examples:

Fragmentation can be seen in various algae.
A schistocyte is a red blood cell undergoing fragmentation.
3
a situation in which an industry or business activity has many companies but no one company is more important than the others:

Examples:

Industry fragmentation could end the company's dominance of the market.

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