- atomization, atomisation, fragmentation - separating something into fine particles
--1 is a kind of division
Derived form: verb fragment1 - fragmentation - the disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships
--2 is a kind of decomposition, disintegration
Derived form: verb fragment1 - fragmentation - (computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk; "fragmentation slows system performance because it takes extra time to locate and assemble the parts of the fragmented file"
--3 is a kind of storage
Derived form: verb fragment1 - fragmentation - the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes
--4 is a kind of explosion, detonation, blowup
Derived form: verb fragment1