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Christian salvation consists in works. To be saved is to be made holy. To be saved requires our being made part of a people separated from the world so that we can be united in spite of - or perhaps better, because of - the world's fragmentation and divisions.
Stanley Hauerwas

Meaning of "fragmentation" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FRAGMENTATION

fragmentation  [ˌfræɡmɛnˈteɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRAGMENTATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fragmentation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FRAGMENTATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of fragmentation in the English dictionary

The first definition of fragmentation in the dictionary is the act of fragmenting or the state of being fragmented. Other definition of fragmentation is the disintegration of norms regulating behaviour, thought, and social relationships. Fragmentation is also the steel particles of an exploded projectile.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FRAGMENTATION


accreditation
əˌkrɛdɪˈteɪʃən
adaptation
ˌædəpˈteɪʃən
alimentation
ˌælɪmɛnˈteɪʃən
citation
saɪˈteɪʃən
consultation
ˌkɒnsəlˈteɪʃən
documentation
ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən
excitation
ˌɛksɪˈteɪʃən
hesitation
ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən
implementation
ˌɪmplɪmenˈteɪʃən
interpretation
ɪnˌtɜːprɪˈteɪʃən
invitation
ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən
limitation
ˌlɪmɪˈteɪʃən
meditation
ˌmɛdɪˈteɪʃən
orientation
ˌɔːrɪɛnˈteɪʃən
presentation
ˌprɛzənˈteɪʃən
rehabilitation
ˌriːəˌbɪlɪˈteɪʃən
representation
ˌrɛprɪzɛnˈteɪʃən
reputation
ˌrɛpjʊˈteɪʃən
rotation
rəʊˈteɪʃən
transportation
ˌtrænspɔːˈteɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FRAGMENTATION

fragilely
fragileness
fragility
fragment
fragmental
fragmentally
fragmentarily
fragmentariness
fragmentary
fragmentate
fragmentation grenade
fragmented
fragmentise
fragmentize
Fragonard
fragor
fragrance
fragrance-free
fragrancies
fragrancy

WORDS THAT END LIKE FRAGMENTATION

action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
duration
education
evaluation
federation
formation
foundation
generation

Synonyms and antonyms of fragmentation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fragmentation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FRAGMENTATION

Find out the translation of fragmentation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fragmentation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fragmentation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

碎片
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fragmentación
570 millions of speakers

English

fragmentation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विखंडन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تجزئة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фрагментация
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fragmentação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টুকরা টুকরা করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fragmentation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemecahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zersplitterung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フラグメンテーション
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

조각
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fragmentasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phân mảnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துண்டாக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विखंडन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

parçalanma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

frammentazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fragmentacja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фрагментація
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fragmentarea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατακερματισμός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

versnippering
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fragmentering
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fragmentering
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fragmentation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FRAGMENTATION»

The term «fragmentation» is quite widely used and occupies the 26.007 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FRAGMENTATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fragmentation» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fragmentation» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fragmentation

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8 QUOTES WITH «FRAGMENTATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fragmentation.
1
Jill Abramson
With the fragmentation of television audiences and the advent of cable and on-demand services, the prestige of being an anchor is not what it was in the days of Walter Cronkite.
2
Sean Brady
Unprecedented financial pressures, and an ever-increasingly aggressive public culture, along with social, moral and spiritual fragmentation, are leading to lives being overwhelmed by stress, intolerable interior isolation and even quiet despair.
3
Kim Campbell
I believe that Canadians have the common sense to see that a better future cannot be built on fragmentation.
4
Barbara Castle
You see, another reason for nationalization was that private ownership meant fragmentation.
5
Gavyn Davies
Without the BBC, the proliferation of television and radio channels by the private sector would simply result in more and more channels, with tiny audiences, all seeking to do the same thing. The future would be one of fragmentation - fragmentation without either plurality or diversity.
6
Stanley Hauerwas
Christian salvation consists in works. To be saved is to be made holy. To be saved requires our being made part of a people separated from the world so that we can be united in spite of - or perhaps better, because of - the world's fragmentation and divisions.
7
Adnan Pachachi
If the security forces continue to be dominated as they are now by political groups or sects, then the people won't trust in them - and the result will be civil war or fragmentation of the country.
8
James Surowiecki
If you thought the advent of the Internet, the spread of cheap and efficient information technology, and the growing fragmentation of the consumer market were all going to help smaller companies thrive at the expense of the slow-moving giants of the Fortune 500, apparently you were wrong.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRAGMENTATION»

Discover the use of fragmentation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fragmentation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change: An Ecological ...
The book:•synthesizes a large body of information from the scientific literature •considers key theoretical principles for examining and predicting effects •examines the range of effects that can arise •explores ways of mitigating ...
David B. Lindenmayer, Joern Fischer, 2013
2
Fragmentation in Archaeology: People, Places and Broken ...
However, Talalay cites no ethnographic example of fragmentation and enchainment using figurines. The only example known to the author is the New Hebridean practice of the division of large wooden sculptures, or malangan, into two parts ...
John Chapman, 2013
3
Random Fragmentation and Coagulation Processes
This book, by the author of the acclaimed Lévy Processes, is the first comprehensive theoretical account of mathematical models for situations where either phenomenon occurs randomly and repeatedly as time passes.
Jean Bertoin, 2006
4
International Law Between Universalism and Fragmentation: ...
This "Festschrift" is published on the occasion of Gerhard Hafnera (TM)s 65th birthday and his retirement as a professor at the University of Vienna.
Isabelle Buffard, Gerhard Hafner, 2008
5
The Fragmentation of Afghanistan: State Formation and ...
This monumental book examines Afghan society in conflict, from the 1978 communist coup to the fall of Najibullah, the last Soviet-installed president, in 1992.
Barnett R. Rubin, 2002
6
Measurement of Blast Fragmentation
A collection of workshop papers providing state-of-the-art reviews on all aspects of fragmentation, including photographic requirements, image enhancement, statistical treatment, and applications in quarrying, mining and minerals processing ...
John A. Franklin, T. Katsabanis, 1996
7
Convergence and Fragmentation: Media Technology and the ...
A collection of articles which analyze the technological, economic, and political trends sweeping Europe. It also assesses the effectiveness of models used to explain the changing media environment.
Peter Ludes, 2008
8
The Diversification and Fragmentation of International ...
This volume deals with the tension between unity and diversification which has gained a central place in the debate under the label of ‘fragmentation’.
Larissa van den Herik, Carsten Stahn, 2012
9
International Fragmentation of Production: The Impact of ...
Using state-of-the-art econometric tools, this book examines the implications of international fragmentation of production for the performance of the Japanese manufacturing industry.The impact of the ongoing process of international ...
Nobuaki Yamashita, 2010
10
Fragmentation and Redemption: Essays on Gender and the Human ...
Arguing that historians must write in a comic mode, aware of history's artifice,risks, and incompletion, Caroline Walker Bynum here examines diverse medieval texts to show howwomen were able to appropriate dominant social symbols in ways ...
Caroline Walker Bynum, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRAGMENTATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fragmentation is used in the context of the following news items.
1
South Sudan rebels dismiss alleged fragmentation of the country
July 11, 2015 (ADDIS ABABA) – South Sudanese armed opposition group led by the country's former vice president, Riek Machar, dismissed ... «Sudan Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Navy Corpsman Jeffrey Tyne: Medic lost trying to help others
The date and details of his death are not in dispute: Tyne died on that Sunday in May 1966 from fragmentation wounds from a Communist ... «Gloucester Daily Times, Jul 15»
3
5 suspected criminal gang members killed in Bulacan encounter
... caliber .45 pistols, one Ingram sub-machine gun with silencer, one KG9 9mm Luger pistol, one Fragmentation Grenade, and two handcuffs. «GMA News, Jul 15»
4
John 'Goldfinger' Palmer: Murdered fraudster was under surveillance
... June, was shot in the chest and leg by a low-calibre weapon firing ammunition designed to cause maximum fragmentation inside the target. «The Independent, Jul 15»
5
Dolphin demise: In the deep end
... fish poisoning, increased use of illegal nets, deforestation along the Indus deteriorating the dolphin's habitat, fragmentation of the river due to ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»
6
Assyrian Christian group fights ISIS in Syria
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Since the fragmentation of Syria following the 2011 Arab Spring, Christian minorities have frequently come under ... «Rudaw, Jul 15»
7
Why are China's giant pandas so lazy?
... risen by 17 percent, but they are still considered an endangered species, threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation, as well as hunting. «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
8
Imams told to pray for soldiers
... the dangers of extremism and intellectual fragmentation by holding seminars and lectures for the employees of 10 government bodies. «Yahoo! Maktoob News, Jul 15»
9
Dispatch from Iraq: Iran-Backed Militias Keep ISIS at Bay, for a Price
Yet the meaning of all this may well be the permanent fragmentation of the country into Sunni, Shia and Kurdish enclaves, rather than Shia ... «Breaking Israel News, Jul 15»
10
Cruz campaigns like a moral crusader
But the same fragmentation that has kept a clear front-runner from emerging in the polls also is holding Cruz in the low single digits — except in ... «San Antonio Express-News, Jul 15»

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