[f. FRAGMENT + -ATION. Cf. F. fragmentation.] A breaking or separation into fragments; spec. in Biol. separation into parts which form new individuals.
1881. Times, 24 Dec. Fragmentation of work, not attacking too many points at once.
1882. E. R. Lankester, in Nature, XXVII. 23 Nov., 88/1. The ‘fragmentation,’ or division of the chlorophyll corpuscles of both Hydra and Spongilla.
1882. Vines, Sachs’ Bot., 946. This process of nuclear division has been termed fragmentation.
