Fragmentationnoun
The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.
Fragmentationnoun
The process by which fragments of an exploding bomb scatter.
Fragmentationnoun
(computing) The breaking up and dispersal of a file into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
Fragmentationnoun
(computing) The breaking up of a data packet when larger than the transmission unit of a network.
Fragmentationnoun
the act or process of separating something into small pieces or fine particles.
Fragmentationnoun
separating something into fine particles
Fragmentationnoun
the disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships
Fragmentationnoun
(computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk;
Fragmentationnoun
the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes
Buddingadjective
Beginning to develop.
Buddingnoun
(horticulture) The practice of uniting a single scion bud with rootstock or bark; the result of this practice.
Buddingnoun
The act or process of producing buds.
Buddingnoun
A process of asexual reproduction, in which a new organism or cell is formed by a protrusion of a portion of the animal or vegetable organism, the bud thus formed sometimes remaining attached to the parent stalk or cell, at other times becoming free; gemmation. See Hydroidea.
Buddingnoun
The act or process of ingrafting one kind of plant upon another stock by inserting a bud under the bark.
Buddingnoun
reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent
Buddingadjective
beginning to develop;
Budding
Budding is a type of asexual reproduction in which a new organism develops from an outgrowth or bud due to cell division at one particular site. The small bulb-like projection coming out from the yeast cell is known as a bud.