0 the action or process of breaking something into small parts or of being broken up in this way: --
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.
A schistocyte is a red blood cell undergoing fragmentation.
1 a situation in which an industry or business activity has many companies but no one company is more important than the others: --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
We kunnen het stap voor stap voltooien, hoe lang de weg ook is en het kan niet worden voltooid, hoe kort de weg ook is, als je niet eens je voetafdruk markeert.