fragmentation

Other forms of fragmentation

plural

fragmentations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fragmentation

What does fragmentation mean?

fragmentation means "separating something into fine particles". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fragmentation?

fragmentation has 4 syllables: frag-men-ta-tion. The stress falls on "ta". In IPA it is /ˌfɹæɡmənˈteɪʃən/.

What is another word for fragmentation?

Close synonyms include atomization, atomisation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fragmentation a common word?

fragmentation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with fragmentation?

89 words rhyme with fragmentation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.